Caption

Awl, Tools; 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 / Northern Mesopotamia Khabur basin. Height 7.4 cm; width 2.5 cm; diameter 0.4–0.7 cm pointed working end., A roughly triangular, weathered wooden shard with a tapered pointed end and a jagged broken end, showing a textured grain and uneven surfaces in shades of tan, light brown, and beige, lying against a solid medium gray background; a few painted markings are visible in dark black and red, and there are small darker gray smudges and spots on the wood.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A03_469

License type

Rights managed

Available size

48.4Mb (1.0Mb) / 20.0in x 9.4in / 6000 x 2822 (300dpi)

Keywords

Awl Tools 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 Northern Mesopotamia Khabur basin Height 7.4 cm width 2.5 cm diameter 0.4–0.7 cm pointed working roughly triangular weathered wooden shard tapered pointed jagged broken showing textured grain uneven surfaces shades tan light brown beige lying solid medium gray background painted markings visible dark black red small darker gray smudges spots wood.