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Sharpening or grinding stone
Sharpening or grinding stone
Object Number 71-19-40/4976
Display Title Sharpening or grinding stone
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ground stone palette, square, smoothed, fragment missing
Classification
  • Ground Stone
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Neolithic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Europe / Switzerland
Additional Geographic Terms Lake Neuchatel
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 21 x 12.5 x 2.8 cm (8 1/4 x 4 15/16 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 4976

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