Blade — sickle insert;, flint; Sumer; Uruk culture ca. 4000–ca. 3100 BC, 4th–3rd millennium BC; Southern Mesopotamia; tool sickle insert., A narrow irregular strip of material with rough, uneven edges rests against a flat gray background; the strip is a mottled beige and light tan with darker specks and small spots, and a few rough notches along one side give it a jagged outline, while a smudged darker area and subtle variations in texture are visible on its surface, and there is a vertical area of strong red pigment near the center.
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Blade — sickle insert;, flint; Sumer; Uruk culture ca. 4000–ca. 3100 BC, 4th–3rd millennium BC; Southern Mesopotamia; tool sickle insert., A narrow irregular strip of material with rough, uneven edges rests against a flat gray background; the strip is a mottled beige and light tan with darker specks and small spots, and a few rough notches along one side give it a jagged outline, while a smudged darker area and subtle variations in texture are visible on its surface, and there is a vertical area of strong red pigment near the center.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A00_342

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Blade sickle insert flint Sumer Uruk culture ca 4000–ca 3100 Bc 4th–3rd millennium BC Southern Mesopotamia tool sickle insert narrow irregular strip material rough uneven edges rests flat gray background strip mottled beige light tan darker specks small spots rough notches side give jagged outline smudged darker area subtle variations texture visible surface vertical area strong red pigment near center.

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