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Object Number
37-22-60/3221
Display Title
3 small flint tortoise cores or discs
Descriptions
Inventory Description
3 chipped stones, discoidal, flint, possibly cores
Classification
- Chipped Stone
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Mousterian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia
/
Palestine
/
<State>
/
<County>
/
<City>
/
Mugharet es-Skhul
Asia / Israel / <State> / <County> / <City> / Mugharet es-Skhul
Asia / Israel / <State> / <County> / <City> / Mugharet es-Skhul
Intrasite
Level b1n
Additional Geographic Terms
Wadi el-Mughara; Wadi el-Mugharet-Mudgaret es-Sukhul; Athlit, near
Materials
Flint
Dimensions
Overall (Measurement of largest): 3.9 × 3.7 × 2.5 cm (1 9/16 × 1 7/16 × 1 in.)
Quantity
3
Label on object
37-22-60/3221
Provenance
Collector
American School of Prehistoric Research (Cambridge)
(1931-1932)
Collector
Theodore D. McCown
(1931-1932)
Donor
Donated by
American School of Prehistoric Research (Cambridge)
(February 26,1937)
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