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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: NLM-2DA01D
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Grey flint with pale vein scraper. Flake with large flakes removed from its dorsal side by hard hammer strike and a prominent bulb on the ventral. Short abrupt retouch executed from the dorsal aspect follows the curving edge at one end and extends along the longest side. Suggested date: Early Bronze Age, 2350-1600 BC.
Length: 34.8mm, Width: 26.3mm, Thickness: 8.0mm, Weight: 10.33gms.
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: 34.8 mm
Width: 26.3 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight: 10.33 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 2nd September 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM27336
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: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Binbrook
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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