Accession No

Z 24580.1 C


Description

An end scraper or knife of brown coloured flint, made from a retouched flake. Elongated sub-rectangular shape, with a triangular cross-section and a convex profile from the distal to proximal end. Rounded cutting end, slightly tapered sides, and a squared butt with a bulb of percussion on the ventral face.


Place

Europe; Northern Europe; Scandinavia; Denmark


Period

Neolithic


Source

Foster, Walter Kidman [collector and bequeather]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

Z 24580.1 C


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone; Flint


Local Term


Measurements

43mm x 30mm x 122mm


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Markings in pencil read: 'Fr. F.B.', 'F. Bequest', 'Denmark', and '[illegible]'.
Event Date
Author: Lizzy Peneycad


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card description for Z 24580.1 [A-F]: 'One broken square sided chisel. One broken gouge with ground and polished head. One long, somewhat plano-convex scraper/knife from flake (Foster Bequest). One roughly chipped adze/celt. One hexagonal broken ?chisel. One scraper/blade from Storna Visby. Latter three all belong to Fox Collection 574.'
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (References)
University of Cambridge, Museum of General and Local Archaeology. (1892). 'The Walter K. Foster Bequest. Catalogue of the Antiquities.'
Event Date 1892
Author: Lizzy Peneycad


Description (Physical description)
An end scraper or knife of brown coloured flint, made from a retouched flake. Elongated sub-rectangular shape, with a triangular cross-section and a convex profile from the distal to proximal end. Rounded cutting end, slightly tapered sides, and a squared butt with a bulb of percussion on the ventral face.
Event Date 26/4/2024
Author: Lizzy Peneycad


FM:312950

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