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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: NLM-3EFB71
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An Early Bronze Age thumbnail scraper of a mid brown translucent flint. The dorsal face has fine retouch starting midway on the left and continuing along the distal end to the bottom of the right side. The ventral face has a concoidal fracture and a small bulb of percussion. The length is 22.8mm, the width is 18.1mm, the thickness is 5.7mm and the weight is 2.64g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2100 BC
Date to: Circa 1500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 22.8 mm
Width: 18.1 mm
Thickness: 5.7 mm
Weight: 2.64 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st November 2007
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM12268
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 Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Barnetby Le Wold
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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