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Object Number 35-117-60/1742
Display Title Heavily patinated triangular flint fist axe
Descriptions
Inventory Description Chipped stone, flint, biface hand axe, arrows drawn on object indicating flake marks, with cortex
Classification
  • Axe
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Early Mousterian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Palestine
Additional Geographic Terms Mount of Olives
Materials Flint
Dimensions Overall: 9.7 × 6.4 × 3.2 cm (3 13/16 × 2 1/2 × 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 35-117-60/1742

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