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MS2637B

From: Italy

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number MS2637B
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Italy
Section Mediterranean
Materials Jasper
Description

Ripples on the ventral surface indicate that the blade probably broke "short" in production. The percussion bulb end of the piece was then retouched all around, creating what is typologically known as an end scraper. This is a fine example of such a piece. End scrapers are known from the Upper Paleolithic on, but this piece is from a large percussion-struck blade, therefore probably pre-neolithic.

Length 3.5 cm
Width 2.4 cm
Thickness 0.6 cm
Credit Line Museum Purchase; Subscription of John Wanamaker, 1896

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