Knife

31-52-389

From: Iraq | Tepe Gawra

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 31-52-389
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Tepe Gawra
Archaeology Area Level VIII
Locus Level 8, trial trench
Period Gawra VIII
Date Made 3700-3500 BCE
Section Near Eastern
Materials Obsidian
Description

Smoky obsidian. Curved blade well chipped edge; indented for sharpening and cutting rounded objects.

Length 9 cm
Width 2.3 cm
Credit Line American School Oriental Research / University Museum Expedition to Tepe Gawra Iraq; E. A. Speiser, 1931
Other Number 1225 - Field No SF

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