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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: NLM-7213FB
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Grey flint with cortex scraper. Irregular flake trimmed and detached by hard hammer strike and with very short abrupt retouch and battering along a slightly concave edge executed from the dorsal aspect, probably to produce a hollow scraper. Suggested date: Bronze Age, 2350-800 BC.
Length: 38.8mm, Width: 20mm, Thickness: 11.5mm, Weight: 7.16gms.
Class: probably Hollow
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2350 BC
Date to: Circa 800 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 38.8 mm
Width: 20 mm
Thickness: 11.5 mm
Weight: 7.16 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 2nd September 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM27211a
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.
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