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LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Unique ID: YORYM-BE1B41
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete flint scraper/blade of Neolithic date 3500-2100 BC. The lithic is sub-rectangular in profile and sub-triangular in section. The proximal end is abruptly blunted and there is a residual notch on the right hand proximal edge. There is some retouch on both the left and right hand sides. The ventral surface is smooth with one negative scar at the distal end, situated on a bulb of percussion.
The flint is a dark brown through to cream with cream inclusions.
Length: 80.7mm. Width: 36.2mm. Thickness: 13.0mm. Weight: 54.4g.
Similar examples can be seen on the PAS database: Unique ID: KENT-034F83
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 3500 BC
Date to: Circa 2100 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 80.7 mm
Width: 36.2 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight: 54.4 g
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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: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Ulrome
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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