Keeled Scraper
31-56-1505
From: Palestine | Mugharet el Wad
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 31-56-1505 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Atlitian |
| Provenience | Palestine | Mugharet el Wad |
| Archaeology Area | Level C |
| Locus | Level C |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Flint |
| Description | Steep and narrow. Scraping edge shows much use. Cortex remaining on side. Concretions adhering. Triple patination. Lower part of dorsal surface could have served as scraper. Later flake removed on side and keeled edge retouched to form another scraper. |
| Height | 5.6 cm |
| Length | 5.7 cm |
| Width | 2.1 cm |
| Credit Line | Distribution from the American School of Prehistoric Research; Dorothy Garrod, 1931 |
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