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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: SUSS-0E2BAC
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A flint-knapped thumbnail scraper probably dating from the late Neolithic to early Bronze Age. A small platform of percussion and bulb of percussion are visible at the proximal end and ventral face (for bulb) as is a central ridge running down the centre of the dorsal face. From the ventral face, the right mesial edge seems to have been finely retouched but the distal end of the tool has been broken where more retouch may have been located. The left mesial edge (from ventral face) has retained a large degree of cortex, perhaps to facilitate a grip on the object. The flint is of even medium grey colour and the cortex is a bright chalky white. The scraper measures 28.06 mm long, 24.04 mm maximum width, 7.2 mm maximum thickness and weighs 4.48 grams.
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 2700 BC
Date to: Circa 1601 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 28.06 mm
Width: 24.04 mm
Thickness: 7.2 mm
Weight: 4.48 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 19th April 2011
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: West Sussex (County)
District: Chichester (District)
To be known as: Near Chichester
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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