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Image Not Available for 16 worked pieces of obsidian - probably cores
16 worked pieces of obsidian - probably cores
Image Not Available for 16 worked pieces of obsidian - probably cores
Object Number 34-92-50/309
Display Title 16 worked pieces of obsidian - probably cores
Descriptions
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Neolithic?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Ethiopia / <State> / <County> / <City> / Entoto
Additional Geographic Terms Abyssinia; Addis Abeba, A hill north of

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