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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: NLM-9B754B
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Grey flint with cortex spot, scraper. A small thumbnail scraper with covering angled scalar retouch across the dorsal side and with a bulbar ventral surface. A spot of cortex is retained at the butt. The cutting edge has been finished with very short abrupt retouch executed from the dorsal aspect which follows its curve. Suggested date: Early Bronze Age, 2350-1600 BC.
Length: 21.7mm, Width: 22.7mm, Thickness: 9.2mm, Weight: 4.94gms
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: 21.7 mm
Width: 22.7 mm
Thickness: 9.2 mm
Weight: 4.94 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 26th July 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM36678
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)
Parish or ward: Bigby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TA0508
Four figure Latitude: 53.55812828
Four figure longitude: -0.41635599
1:25K map: TA0508
1:10K map: TA00NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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