Caption

Blade - sickle insert, flint tool used as a sickle insert; Sumer; Uruk culture, ca. 4th–3rd millennium BC c. 4000–c. 3100 BC; Southern Mesopotamia; material culture; tool., A vertical, narrow stone fragment with a textured, irregular left edge and a straighter right edge sits centered against a uniform gray background; the stone shows a range of muted colors including beige, tan, light brown, gray, and touches of darker brown, with subtle areas of greenish-gray and faint reddish discoloration near the top; the left side features a scalloped, chipped profile while the right side has a shallow central ridge running lengthwise, and the surface displays uneven roughness, small pits, and weathered patches.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A00_341

License type

Rights managed

Available size

92.5Mb (1.1Mb) / 18.0in x 20.0in / 5390 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Blade - sickle insert flint tool sickle insert Sumer Uruk culture ca 4th–3rd millennium BC c 4000–c 3100 Bc Southern Mesopotamia material culture tool vertical narrow stone fragment textured irregular left edge straighter right edge sits centered uniform gray background stone range muted colors beige tan light brown gray touches darker brown subtle areas greenish-gray faint reddish discoloration near top left side features scalloped chipped profile right side shallow central ridge running lengthwise surface displays uneven roughness small pits weathered patches.