Caption

Awl, Awl made from a cut triangular, flat fragment of animal bone; the elongated, sharpened end is polished from use piercing fabrics or leather. Early Jazira III period / Early Dynastic III period, c. 2600–c. 2350 BC. Provenance: Tell Abu Hafur northeastern Syria, Al-Jazira region northern Mesopotamia, Khabur basin. Tool. Height 7.4 cm; width 2.5 cm; diameter of pointed working end 0.4–0.7 cm., A long, narrow carved object with a tapered pointed end and a rougher, thicker opposite end rests against a plain gray background; the object has a light tan to beige color with areas of darker brown texture and some smoother, slightly glossy surfaces, and there is a small amount of red and black visible along one edge.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A03_468

License type

Rights managed

Available size

48.4Mb (520.0Kb) / 20.0in x 9.4in / 6000 x 2822 (300dpi)

Keywords

Awl cut triangular flat fragment animal bone elongated sharpened polished piercing fabrics leather Early Jazira III period Early Dynastic III period c 2600–c 2350 Bc Provenance Tell Abu Hafur northeastern Syria Al-Jazira region northern Mesopotamia Khabur basin Tool Height 7.4 cm width 2.5 cm diameter pointed working 0.4–0.7 cm long narrow carved object tapered pointed rougher thicker opposite rests plain gray background light tan beige color areas darker brown texture smoother slightly glossy surfaces small amount red black visible edge.