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THUMB NAIL SCRAPER
Unique ID: LEIC-72DFBA
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Bronze Age (early) thumbnail scraper, 2700 BC to 1501 BC. 22mm long, 15mm wide, 3mm thick and 1.5g in weight. The object is oval in shape with semi-abrupt retouch applied to the dorsal face which extends around most of the edge and has a grey patination, but yet is still translucent. The piece has been made on a small flake.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2700 BC
Date to: Circa 1501 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 22 mm
Width: 15 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 1.5 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Melton (District)
Parish or ward: Scalford (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK7624
Four figure Latitude: 52.80820427
Four figure longitude: -0.87398232
1:25K map: SK7624
1:10K map: SK72SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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