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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: NMS-C8F23F
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Secondary, hard hammer struck flake of unpatinated black and grey mottled flint, proximal end broken transversely, distal end and one lateral edge steeply retouched to form a convex scraping edge. Thin worn cortex extant to the dorsal face. Neolithic to Bronze Age 4,000 to 700 BC.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 701 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 42 mm
Width: 36 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight: 21 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 4th April 2019 - Wednesday 5th June 2019
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 44763
Other reference: ENMD062019
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: Breckland (District)
Parish or ward: Dereham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF9914
Four figure Latitude: 52.68711934
Four figure longitude: 0.94284499
1:25K map: TF9914
1:10K map: TF91SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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