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Object Number
39-70-60/6294
Display Title
2 curved basalt implements, chipped, unsmoothed. Sickle? or scraper?
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Chipped stone edged tools, scrapers or sickles, concave edge
Classification
- Edged Tools
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: 8.1 x 4.5 x 1.3 cm (3 3/16 x 1 3/4 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
39-70-60/6294
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39-70-60/6349 | Chipped, unsmoothed basalt sickle? blade |
Biface
|
Fort Hill
| |
| 39-70-60/6314 | Possibly oval chopping tool of basalt - unsmoothed |
Chopper
Raw Material |
Face Hill
North Hill | |
| 39-70-60/6289 | 3 chipped, pecked, unsmoothed basalt celts (adze type) |
Adze
|
Kapgal Hill
| |
| 39-70-60/6291 | 10 unfinished basalt celts blanks - some broken, chipped, unsmoothed |
Axe
|
Kapgal Hill
| |
| 39-84-50/4574 | 3 rectangular flint sickle bases |
Raw Material
Scraper |
Egypt
| |
|
Image Not Available
for Flint "pointed sickle blade"
| 39-84-50/4575 | Flint "pointed sickle blade" |
Edged Tools
|
Egypt
| |
| 39-70-60/6293 | 6 basalt side choppers or scrapers |
Scraper
|
Kapgal Hill
| |
| 45-24-60/8178 | Farming implement, sickle |
Sickle
|
Yemen
| |
| 45-24-60/8179 | Farming implement, sickle |
Sickle
|
Yemen
| |
| 45-24-60/8177 | Farming implement, sickle |
Sickle
|
Yemen
| |
| 39-70-60/6318 | 2 basalt celt blanks, unfinished; one broken |
Raw Material
Edged Tools |
Face Hill
North Hill | |
| 2004.24.21015 | Bronze sickles from Nuzi |
Kirkuk
|