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Object Number:37-16-181
Current Location: Middle East Galleries
Currently On Display
Provenience: Iraq
Tepe Gawra
Archaeology Area: Level XII
Locus: Level XII
Tepe Gawra, 6 V
Period: Gawra XII
Date Made: 4400-4200 BCE
Early Date: -4400
Late Date: -4200
Section:Near Eastern
Materials:Obsidian
Length: 12.4 cm
Width: 2.2 cm
Credit Line:American School Oriental Research / University Museum Expedition to Tepe Gawra, Iraq; E. A. Speiser, 1937
Other Number:G6-304 - Field No SF

Description

Obsidian. Double cutting edge; bulb of percussion at one end; point missing.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Tokens to Tablets: Glimpses into 6000 Years of the History of the Ancient Near East (14 Nov 1987 - Aug 2006) View Objects in Exhibition
Middle East Galleries (21 Apr 2018) View Objects in Exhibition

Bibliography:

[Book] Rothman, Mitchell S. 2002. Tepe Gawra: the Evolution of a Small, Prehistoric Center in Northern Iraq.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. pg. xxii, 494 p. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Pg. 310/ Cat. 163View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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