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SCRAPER (TOOL)

Unique ID: YORYM331

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

Mis struck. Sub ovoid overall shape with chip missing at top of piece. Dorsal face very angular. Bulbar gently rounded and slightly rippled (fracture0. Light grey with very few off-white mottles.

Notes:

This record was created before the Portable Antiquities Scheme began using the Central Database. We are aware that this record may fall below our usual standards of recording, and we are working to rectify this.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Date from: 4000 BC
Date to: 2200 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 33 mm
Width: 26.1 mm
Thickness: 7.3 mm
Weight: 7 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 23rd September 1998

Personal details

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: YORYM:E01549

Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked

Spatial metadata

Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: HUMBERSIDE KILHAM

Spatial coordinates


Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Fieldwalking
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth greater than 0.25m

References cited

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Audit data

Recording Institution: YORYM
Created: 25 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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