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Neolithic Stone Tools

Circa 8000-4000 BC

 

Description:   Two Neolithic alabaster flake-tools from Israel. Both are rounded scrapers used to scrape the hides of animals. They have creamy polished surfaces with well-defined edges. Item b) has an area where the stone has been left rough.

Avg. Length:  1.6 in. (3.1 cm)

Condition:  Intact.

Provenance: Formerly in the Professor Levenstein Collection, Haifa, Israel prior to 1955.

Exhibited:  Previously on loan to the Herzelia Museum in Tel-Aviv. Each is marked with museum identification numbers.




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