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Object Number 55-60-50/9941
Display Title 6 hammerstones
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ground stone pounding stones, hammerstones, roughly spherical, crudely worked
Classification
  • Hammer Stone
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Khartoum Neolithic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Sudan
Additional Geographic Terms West Africa: Sudan; Kaderu; Khartoum, about 20 km. NNE of
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 5.6 x 4.8 x 4.2 cm (2 3/16 x 1 7/8 x 1 5/8 in.)
Quantity 6
Label on object 55-60-50/9941; B1; B2; B5; B8; B9

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