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Object Number
27-40-50/B4346
Display Title
Palaeolithic flakes
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Stone, chipped stone chipping debris, flakes, broad and flat, patinated, both have bulb of percussion at one end, one with lengthwise ridge at midsection, utilized, brown in color speckled with white inclusions
Classification
- Chipping debris
Department
Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
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Egypt
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Giza
Additional Geographic Terms
Great Pyramids of Giza, one mile and a half nothwest of
Materials
Stone
Dimensions
Overall (Measurement of largest): 2.6 × 3.5 × 0.5 cm (1 × 1 3/8 × 3/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
B4346
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