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1940.12.734.25

Stone tool, flaked piece of brown/black chert stone. [FB 12/12/2014]

1940.12.734.25

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Collection type
Object
Description
Stone tool, flaked piece of brown/black chert stone. [FB 12/12/2014]
Geographical reference
Egypt
Africa > Northern Africa > Egypt
Abydos or Thebes
Person
Field collector Charles Gabriel Seligman
Field collector Brenda Zara Seligman
PRM source Charles Gabriel Seligman
PRM source Brenda Zara Seligman
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Neolithic, uncertain
Date collected
?1914
Acquisition information
Donated: 1940
Materials and processes
Material Chert Stone, Process Flaked
Dimensions
Length: max 45 mm, Width: max 30 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1940.12.734.25
Research and responses

Examined by Dr Sarah Milliken as part of her project (2000-2003) to catalogue the Museum's holdings of Egyptian Palaeolithic material. Identified by her as not Palaeolithic. [JC 16 4 2003]

Search terms: Tool, Core, Flake

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