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Object Number
52-16-50/9423
Display Title
6 flint backed blades
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Stone, chipped stone blades, backed, some pointed, with cortex
Classification
- Blade
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Upper Paleolithic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Tunisia
Intrasite
Surface
Additional Geographic Terms
El Mekta
Materials
Stone
Dimensions
Overall: 2.5 x 8.8 x 0.7 cm (1 x 3 7/16 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity
6
Label on object
52-16-50/9423
Provenance
Collector
Dr. E. G. Gobert
Intermediary
Hugh O'Neill Hencken
(04/04/1952)
Donor
Donated by
American School of Prehistoric Research (Cambridge)
(04/04/1952)
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