Rights Holder: The Portable Antiquities Scheme
CC License: 
Image use policy
Our images can be used under a CC BY attribution licence (unless stated otherwise).
SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: PUBLIC-722363
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A rounded scraper tool made on a secondary flake of flint. It is sub-oval and retains a small amount of cortex on the left margin of the dorsal face. The flint is semi-translucent, mid-brown with lighter brown mottles and has a mid-gloss patina and sub-oval in shape. The ventral face shows a very low bulb of percussion indicating probable use of a soft hammer. The dorsal face shows short, scaled, semi-abrupt retouch extending around 50% of the distal end and sides and very fine, short, abrupt retouch covers half of the left side dorsal margin where a parallel flake has been removed.
Date: Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age: 3300 to 1600 BC
Dimensions: 40.5 mm x 34 mm x 5.5 mm
Weight: 9 g
Class: Rounded
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 3300 BC
Date to: Circa 1600 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 44.5 mm
Width: 34 mm
Thickness: 5.5 mm
Weight: 9 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st February 2014 - Friday 28th February 2014
Personal details
This information is restricted for your access level.
Other reference numbers
Other reference: 116
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
References cited
No references cited so far.
Similar objects
Find number: DOR-9691A9
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broadperiod: NEOLITHIC
An incomplete flint end scraper manufactured utilising a secondary flint flake. The scraper is sub-oval with one end rounded, there are moder…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Find number: DOR-04107A
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broadperiod: NEOLITHIC
A side scraper tool made on a secondary flint flake. The object is sub-oval in shape, the flint is semi-translucent, mid-grey with large mott…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Find number: PUBLIC-6BD19A
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broadperiod: NEOLITHIC
A mid grey mottled semi-translucent flint rounded scraper tool made on a tertiary flake. Mid gloss patina and sub-oval in shape. The dorsal f…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Timeline of associated dates
About Us
About our Site
Find us
The British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG.
T: +44(0) 20 73238618