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Object Number
57-4-60/11024
Display Title
2 CASTS of thick-butted pear-shaped handaxes
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Cast of handaxes, thick butted, pear-shaped, painted brown
Classification
- Raw Material
- Cast
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Mousterian
- Levalloisian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia
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Syria
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Cave of Jerf Ajla
Intrasite
Yellow II stratum
Additional Geographic Terms
Palmyra, 8 km. NNW of
Materials
Plaster
Dimensions
Overall: 12.7 x 8.1 x 4.9 cm (5 x 3 3/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
57-4-60/11024; JA/#3313/A-14; 28; JA/3395/A15; 32
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