Rights Holder: Birmingham Museums Trust
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Unique ID: WAW-78EE57
Object type certainty: Certain
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A knapped flint scraper of probable Bronze Age date. The scraper is knapped from a dark grey to brown mottled coloured flint. The scraper is broadly pointed oval in plan and triangular in cross section. The bulb of percussion, bulbar scar and striking platform is visible on the ventral face with ripples running along the surviving length. The dorsal surface has arises with a broadly triangular cross section. Semi-abrupt retouch is visible on the upper curve of the dorsal face with. The scraper weighs 7.56g and measures 39.4mm in length, 32.8mm wide and 7.25mm thick.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2300 BC
Date to: Circa 1500 BC
Quantity: 1
Length: 39.4 mm
Width: 32.8 mm
Thickness: 7.25 mm
Weight: 7.56 g
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st October 2011 - Saturday 31st December 2011
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Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
4 Figure: SP1052
Four figure Latitude: 52.166179
Four figure longitude: -1.855214
1:25K map: SP1052
1:10K map: SP15SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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