Keeled Scraper

31-56-1561

From: Palestine | Mugharet el Wad

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

Object Number 31-56-1561
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Atlitian
Provenience Palestine | Mugharet el Wad
Archaeology Area Level C
Locus Level C
Section Near Eastern
Materials Flint
Description

Double: Steep and narrow. Scrapers at vertically opposite ends, one scraping surface being on keel and having scraping edge on edge of keel. Double patination; one stroke given at later date on keeled surface of opposite scraper. Cortex remaining on sides.

Height 4 cm
Length 3.2 cm
Width 0.9 cm
Credit Line Distribution from the American School of Prehistoric Research; Dorothy Garrod, 1931

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