Hand Axe
Coup-de-Poing
EU582
From: France | Somme | Saint-Acheul
Curatorial Section: European
| Object Number | EU582 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Middle Acheulian |
| Provenience | France | Somme | Saint-Acheul |
| Period | Middle Acheulian |
| Section | European |
| Materials | Flint |
| Description | Original Card: Flint Implement - coup-de-poing "of late Drift . . . typical of St. Acheul Period (Smith). See EU477. France, St. Acheul. Acheulian? Revised Card: Flint hand-axe - Coup-de-poing "of late Drift...typical of St. Acheul period" (R.A. Smith of British Museum). Oval. S-curved edge. Mostly bluish-gray patination on one face, and spotted yellow, white and blue on opposite face. #24. France, Somme, St. Acheul. Middle Acheulian type. |
| Length | 8.8 cm |
| Width | 5.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the British Museum, 1919 |
| Other Number | 24 - Other Number | 9/963 - Other Number |
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