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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: NLM-9BD120
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Dark grey-brown flint with cortex scraper. Thumbnail scraper with invasive scalar retouch of the dorsal side and ripples on the ventral surface. Of two reworked edges, both are lightly crushed or battered. Suggested date: Early Bronze Age, 2350-1600 BC.
Diameter: 26.1mm, Thickness: 13.7mm, Weight: 4.39gms.
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
Thickness: 13.7 mm
Weight: 4.39 g
Diameter: 26.1 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 12th May 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM29716
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: Faldingworth
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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