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Object Type
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Museum number
127781
Description
Rectangular obsidian link; three bored holes for affixing; re-touched, ground and polished.
Cultures/periods
Halaf
Production date
6000BC-5000BC
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Professor Sir Max Edgar Lucien Mallowan
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Arpachiyah
, All at one end of single room.
Materials
obsidian
Technique
ground
polished
retouched
Dimensions
Length:
2.38 inches
Width:
0.88 inches
Bibliographic references
Mallowan M E L & Rose J C 1935a / Excavations at Tall Arpachiyah, 1933
(pl. XI.b)
Location
On display
(G51/dc3)
Condition
Fair
Acquisition date
1934
Department
Middle East
BM/Big number
127781
Registration number
1934,0210.514
Additional IDs
Excavation/small finds number:
A.905
(excavation number)