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Object Number
39-69-50/4746
Display Title
8 polished celts and fragments of metamorphic and igneous rock
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Ground stone axe and axe fragment, polished, thick butted, rounded blades
Classification
- Axe
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Neolithic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Morocco
/
Tangier
Intrasite
Black
Additional Geographic Terms
Mugharet el Aliya
Materials
Stone
Dimensions
Overall: 5.8 x 4.8 x 4.2 cm (2 5/16 x 1 7/8 x 1 5/8 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
39-69-50/4746
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39-69-50/4759 | 22 elongated beach pebbles of various igneous and metamorphic rock |
Pounding Stone
|
Tangier
| |
| 39-69-50/4746.1 | Ground stone, polished celt and axe fragments |
Celt
Axe |
Tangier
| |
| 53-19-60/10295 | Partially chipped and ground cent of igneous rock (?) |
Raw Material
Axe |
Chakradharpur
| |
| 53-19-60/10298 | 3 epidorite partially chipped & polished celts |
Axe
Raw Material |
Chakradharpur
| |
| 36-1-50/1850 | 4 medium sized polished stone celts |
Axe
|
French West Africa
Nigeria | |
| 58-34-20/49854.1 | Celts of jade and igneous rock |
Bellhouse site
| ||
| 58-34-20/49854.2 | Celts of jade and igneous rock |
Bellhouse site
| ||
| 53-19-60/10296 | 6 partially chipped, ground & polished celts of epidiorite |
Axe
Raw Material |
Chakradharpur
| |
| 36-1-50/1835 | 4 small polished stone celts |
Raw Material
Axe |
Aouker
Aouker | |
| 36-1-50/1837 | 6 partially polished stone celts - heavily weathered |
Axe
|
Bamako
| |
| 44-41-60/8890 | Two Basalt? prcked and polished celts Neolithic or Later |
Raw Material
Axe |
Nellore
| |
| 36-1-50/1851 | 5 large polished stone celts |
Axe
|
French West Africa
Nigeria |