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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: NMS-CD5BCC
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Flint scraper of Neolithic to Early Bronze Age date (c. 4000 - 1501 BC). Struck off a tertiary flake, no cortex remains. The dorsal surface exhibits three longitudinal parallel flake scars. The distal end exhibits scaled semi-abrupt retouch. The ventral surface exhibits a small bulb of percussion with faint, widely spaces conchoidal ripple marks radiating outwards. The flint is mottled grey in colour with large light grey inclusions.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 1501 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 54.5 mm
Width: 21.1 mm
Thickness: 11.2 mm
Weight: 17.2 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 2017 - Thursday 27th July 2017
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 29693
Other reference: IND27072017AM
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Costessey (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG1812
Four figure Latitude: 52.66186293
Four figure longitude: 1.22217204
1:25K map: TG1812
1:10K map: TG11SE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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