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MS2639E

From: Italy

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number MS2639E
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Italy
Period Eneolithic | Bronze Age
Section Mediterranean
Materials Flint
Description

This piece is broad transversely and has a rounded "point" which is much less suggestible to breakage. Lack of corner notches is intentional; they aren't needed on a broad base point. The piece may have been produced from an amorphous flake rather than a blade.

Length 2.6 cm
Width 1.6 cm
Thickness 0.5 cm
Credit Line Museum Purchase; Subscription of John Wanamaker, 1896

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