File:A beaker period thumb-nail scraper (FindID 824381).jpg

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A beaker period thumb-nail scraper
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Kent County Council, Walter (Jo) Ahmet, 2017-01-12 10:51:46
Title
A beaker period thumb-nail scraper
Description
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A flint thumb-nail scraper of very late Neolithic/Chalcolithic (Beaker Period) date c.2600-2200BC, possibly unfinished..

Description: The scraper is irregularly, but has a rounded scraping edge. It has invasive scaled abrupt retouch around the entirety of the rounded right and bottom edges of the dorsal facing. along the top edge appears to have some remnants of retouch but the large hinge fracture on the ventral side appears to have broken most of the edge away. The two hinge fractures on the ventral face may have been intended flatten the bulb of percussion or the conchoidal fracturing but instead, due to a fault in the flint created the two uneven hinge fractures. It is uncertain therefore if this is the finished product. Almost all the striking appears to be with heavy hammer technology. The scraper is dark grey mottling through some patches of lighter grey/white around the fault.

Measurements: 31.52mm x 36.64mm, thickness: 12.6mm, weight: 13.67g
Depicted place (County of findspot) Kent
Date between 2600 BC and 2200 BC
Accession number
FindID: 824381
Old ref: KENT-75D097
Filename: KENT75D097.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/596814
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/596814/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/824381
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