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Object Number 44-41-60/8794
Display Title Quartzite crude and heavily rolled hand axe (Abbevillian type) made on a pebble
Descriptions
Inventory Description Chipped stone biface, small handaxe, crude, ovate, thick pebble butt, heavily ro
Classification
  • Axe
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / India / Tamil Nadu / <County> / <City> / Nellore
Additional Geographic Terms About half way between the third and fourth milestones on the N
Materials Quartzite
Dimensions Overall: 8.7 x 8.5 x 5.1 cm (3 7/16 x 3 3/8 x 2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 44-41-60/8794; A430

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