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Object Number 34-93-40/1070
Display Title Bone point or awl
Descriptions
Inventory Description Organic, bone point or awl, distal end broken, pointed end shiny from use
Classification
  • Point
  • Raw Material
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Nordic Phase
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Europe / Czechoslovakia / Bohemia / <County> / Stehelceves / Homolka
Intrasite 52 Complex, Hut E, Pit 52
Additional Geographic Terms Stehelceves
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 8 x 1.5 x 0.6 cm (3 1/8 x 9/16 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 34-93-40/1070

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