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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: SF-C2D9F4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An unpatinated oval shaped flint scraper of probable Neolithic date. It is struck from a dark brown flint, with a prominent bulb of percussion on the ventral face and a large area of cortex remaining at the centre of the dorsal face. All of the edges show signs of relatively fine and in places steep edge retouch. It measures 60.02mm in length, 64.63mm in width, 18.51mm in thickness and 78.39g in weight. This is a flint scraper of Neolithic date, c.3,500-2,100 BC.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 3500 BC
Date to: Circa 2100 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 60.02 mm
Width: 64.63 mm
Thickness: 18.51 mm
Weight: 78.39 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 12th November 2011
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Mendlesham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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