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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: NLM-5C6C1E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Pale grey semi-translucent flint scraper. Possibly a hollow scraper, comprising an oval flake with broad flakes removed from its dorsal side, ripples across its ventral, and short abrupt retouch executed from the dorsal aspect which defines a small notch on one edge and a blade or working edge adjacent and along the opposite side. Suggested date: Early Bronze Age, 2350-1600 BC.
Length: 35.6mm, Width: 27.3mm, Thickness: 6.1mm, Weight: 5.87gms.
Class: possibly Hollow
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 2350 BC
Date to: Circa 1600 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 35.6 mm
Width: 27.3 mm
Thickness: 6.1 mm
Weight: 5.87 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 2nd September 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM27193a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Swinhope
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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