Rights Holder: North Lincolnshire Museum
CC License: 
Image use policy
Our images can be used under a CC BY attribution licence (unless stated otherwise).
SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: NLM-5968E8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Grey flint with dense white patina scraper. Thumbnail scraper, comprising a flake with parallel flakes struck from its dorsal side and with a bulb on the ventral. Very short abrupt retouch executed from the dorsal aspect follows all around the edge. The extent of patina may suggest th object endured prolonged weathering after its deposition. Suggested date: Early Bronze Age, 2350-1600 BC.
Length: 21.7mm, Width: 19.0mm, Thickness: 5.2mm, Weight: 2.84gms.
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: 21.7 mm
Width: 19 mm
Thickness: 5.2 mm
Weight: 2.84 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 12th May 2015
Personal details
This information is restricted for your access level.
Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM29610
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
No references cited so far.
Similar objects
Find number: NLM-9100B8
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broadperiod: BRONZE AGE
Flint with cortex patch scraper. Thumbnail scraper with broad flakes struck from its dorsal side and with a bulbar ventral surface. Short abr…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Find number: NLM-6E3BBA
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broadperiod: BRONZE AGE
Grey flint with cortex and dense creamy patina, scraper. Flake with rough trimming of cortex from the dorsal side and with a bulb on the vent…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Find number: NLM-594F23
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broadperiod: BRONZE AGE
Grey flint with dense white patina overall, scraper. Thumbnail scraper with a single oval flake struck from its dorsal side affording a conve…
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