Screw Driver Burin

Bec-de-flute

EU601

From: France | Dordogne | Les Eyzies

Curatorial Section: European

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Object Number EU601
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Upper Paleolithic
Provenience France | Dordogne | Les Eyzies
Period Upper Paleolithic
Section European
Materials Flint
Description

Original Card: Flint Implement - Burin. France, Dordogne, Les Eyzies. Upper Palaeolithic - probably Aurignacian.

Revised Card: Flint screw driver burin - "Bec-de-flute." Triangular section. Bluish-white patination. CL 1863. #10. France, Dordogne, Les Eyzies. Upper Palaeolithic. Small white tag afixed to surface, 3 lines: ? / ? / France.

Length 7.2 cm
Width 2 cm
Credit Line Gift of the British Museum, 1919
Other Number CL1863 - Field No SF | 10 - Other Number

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