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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: NLM-59C465
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Pale grey translucent flint of good quality scraper. Perhaps the tiniest tool seen by this reporter, and of quite uncertain purpose, perhaps a trial piece or a sport. Long parallel flakes are struck from the dorsal side; there is a bulb on the ventral. Very short abrupt retouch executed from the dorsal aspect follows the curved end where the bulb is sited; possibly broken at the other. The lack of patina may suggest this object was incorporated into a sealed context shortly after its deposition. Suggested date: Neolithic, 4000-2350 BC.
Length: 14mm, Width: 7.8mm, Thickness: 2.8mm, Weight: 0.37gms.
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: County / local importance
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 2350 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 14 mm
Width: 7.8 mm
Thickness: 2.8 mm
Weight: 0.37 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 2nd February 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM31512
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Uncertain
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Binbrook
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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