1 Large crescent or lunate

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Object Number 57-6-50/10214

Display Title 1 Large crescent or lunate

Descriptions

Inventory Description Flint flake; lunate shaped; retouched on one end; brown colored stone

Classification

Lunate blade

Department Archaeological

Culture

Lower Capsian

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Algeria

Additional Geographic Terms Relilai, West; Tebessa, South of

Materials Flint

Dimensions Overall: 4.5 × 1.4 × 0.4 cm (1 3/4 × 9/16 × 3/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 57-6-50/10214; Rel. W

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