File:Bronze Age scraper (FindID 614808).jpg

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Bronze Age scraper
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Somerset County Council, Laura Burnett, 2014-05-06 15:55:57
Title
Bronze Age scraper
Description
English: Knapped flint end scraper made on a tertiary flake. It is broadly rectangular in plan with probable breaks down both sides at the proximal end and may originally have been more D-shaped or thumbnail shaped. There is a very prominent bulb of percussion on the ventral face with bulb scars. As well as the breaks on the edges there is a hinge fracture from damage or a failed removal covering the proximal end of the dorsal face. The remaining scars on the dorsal face show previous removals were from a different platform at about 45 degrees.

The retouch extends around the right side of the distal end on the dorsal face. It is long to invasive, sub-parallel and abrupt on the distal end. The distal end is battered from damage or use. The remainder of the distal end and adjacent side is extensively chipped on the ventral face from use. The remaining edges are lost to the breaks mentioned above.

It is 23.0mm long, 28.6mm wide and 8.2mm thick; it weighs 5.43g. The flint is dark grey with mid-grey areas, probably downland flint which has been weathered.

The thickness of the flake and large bulb of percussion suggests hard hammer working and the multi-platform working suggests Bronze Age date, c. 2350 to 800 BC.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Somerset
Date between 2350 BC and 800 BC
Accession number
FindID: 614808
Old ref: SOM-8E41C5
Filename: SOM-8E41C5.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/467157
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/467157/recordtype/artefacts
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/614808
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