Hammerstone
87-39-1135
From: Switzerland | Bern Canton | Lake Biel | Nidau
Curatorial Section: European
| Object Number | 87-39-1135 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Neolithic | Swiss Lake Dweller |
| Provenience | Switzerland | Bern Canton | Lake Biel | Nidau |
| Locus | Steinberg = Stone hill |
| Period | Neolithic |
| Date Made | 4300-2450 BCE |
| Section | European |
| Materials | Gneiss |
| Description | Geniss. Discoidal. Shows effect of fire. (VB 1941) (HNW 1933) |
| Height | 3.8 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 7 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 1987 |
| Other Number | L-37-1135 - Old Museum Number | 1174 - Collector Number | 7 - Original Number |
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