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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: LEIC-FFB944
Object type certainty: Certain
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Bronze age flint scraper, 40mm long, 34mm wide and 12mm thick with a weight of 15.84grams.
steep re touch along one edge from ridge. Slightly shallower re touch to the left along rounded upper edge. Corticaed surface below bulb of percussion
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Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 40 mm
Width: 34 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight: 15.84 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
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