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Object Number 39-70-60/6288
Display Title Chipped, pecked?, partially smoothed, unfinished basalt celt
Descriptions
Inventory Description Chipped stone biface, handaxe, ovate, rounded tip and butt, thick butted
Classification
  • Axe
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Neolithic?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / India / Tamil Nadu / <County> / <City> / Kapgal Hill
Intrasite Surface
Additional Geographic Terms Madras Presidency; Bellary District, Bellary Taluk, Bellary, Kapgal Hill
Materials Basalt
Dimensions Overall: 7 x 4.3 x 2.5 cm (2 3/4 x 1 11/16 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-70-60/6288

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