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Object Number 44-41-60/8798
Display Title Quartzite small crude cleaver type of implement
Descriptions
Inventory Description Chipped stone bifaces, handaxes, ovate and oval, thin and thick butted
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: 7.5 x 5.3 x 2.1 cm (2 15/16 x 2 1/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 4
Label on object 44-41-60/8798; A35; A44; A102; A219; A338

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