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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: NLM-B68731
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Dark grey flint with cortex spot scraper. Thumbnail scraper. Oval-ended flake with invasive angled scalar retouch executed from the dorsal aspect and with a bulb on the ventral side. Further short abrupt retouch executed from the ventral aspect forms a small notch in one side. Suggested date: Early Bronze Age, 2350-1600 BC.
Length: 18mm, Width: 17.7mm, Thickness: 5.3mm, Weight: 1.98gms.
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: 18 mm
Width: 17.7 mm
Thickness: 5.3 mm
Weight: 1.98 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 2nd September 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM27630
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North East Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North East Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Grimsby Foreshore
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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