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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: NLM-965A9A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Grey flint with cortex and cloudy patches of patina scraper. Tiny thumbnail scraper with two small hollows either side of a protruding lobe. The cortex is trimmed by short abrupt retouch on the dorsal side while the ventral bears a bulb of percussion. Suggested date: early Bronze Age, 2350-1600 BC.
Length: 19.5mm, Width: 22.0mm, Thickness: 6.9mm, Weight: 3.00gms.
Class: Thumbnail
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2350 BC
Date to: Circa 1600 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 19.5 mm
Width: 22 mm
Thickness: 6.9 mm
Weight: 3 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 2nd September 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM27226a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Swinhope
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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