Blade
EU612
From: France | Dordogne | Les Eyzies
Curatorial Section: European
| Object Number | EU612 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Solutrean (uncertain) | Magdalenian (uncertain) |
| Provenience | France | Dordogne | Les Eyzies |
| Period | Solutrean (uncertain) | Magdalenian (uncertain) |
| Date Made | 20000-10000 BCE |
| Section | European |
| Materials | Flint |
| Description | Original Card: Flint Implement - Same as EU610. See EU577. France, Dordogne, Les Eyzies. Revised Card: Flint blade - One of "four flakes (blade-like), probably transition from Solutre to La Madeleine" (R. A. Smith of British Museum). Fractured. Quadrangular in section. Orange patination. CL 1863. #7. France, Dordogne, Les Eyzies cave. Solutrean or Magdalenian. |
| Length | 4.3 cm |
| Width | 1.4 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the British Museum, 1919 |
| Other Number | CL1863 - Collector Number | 7 - Other Number |
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