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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: NLM-18A80D
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Black flint scraper fragment. Thumbnail scraper with broad flake struck from the dorsal side and with a bulbar ventral surface. Invasive angled scalar retouch executed from the dorsal aspect follows a curved edge; the butt end is lost to later breakage. Suggested date: Early Bronze Age, 2350-1600 BC.
Length: 18.3mm, Width: 22.4mm, Thickness: 11.4mm, Weight: 5.22gms
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: 18.3 mm
Width: 22.4 mm
Thickness: 11.4 mm
Weight: 5.22 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 7th February 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM35106a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Fragment
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: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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