Tool

MS2637J

From: Italy

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number MS2637J
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Italy
Period Upper Paleolithic
Section Mediterranean
Materials Flint
Description

A concave end scraper, this is a large section of a flake with one end worked into a concave cutting edge. It may once have been part of a large denticulated scraper but this is uncertain. As it is, the tool probably served as a chisel or spoke shave. The two points show retouch on both sides, indicating they may once have been denticulations.

Length 4.2 cm
Width 1.2 cm
Outside Diameter 0.5 cm
Credit Line Museum Purchase; Subscription of John Wanamaker, 1896

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