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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: NLM-B32176
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Mottled blue and white flint, of good quality.
Scraper. Discoid or Thumbnail Scraper; a round flake bears pressure-flaked retouch around most of its edges, worked only from the dorsal aspect. Suggested date: Early Bronze Age, 2100-1500 BC.
Length: 24.7mm, Width: 24.7mm, Thickness: 7.6mm, Weight: 5.45gms.
Class: Discoid or 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 2150 BC
Date to: Circa 1500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 24.7 mm
Width: 24.7 mm
Thickness: 7.6 mm
Weight: 5.45 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 15th February 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM17741
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: Roxby cum Risby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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