Caption

Awl, Early Jazira III / Early Dynastic III period ca. 2600–ca. 2350 BC; elongated awl, triangularly sharpened at one end; material: bone tool; function: awl; provenance/origin: Northern Mesopotamia, Al-Jazira Khabur basin, Tell Rad Shakra northeastern Syria; dimensions: height 8.5 cm, width 1.5 cm., A slender, tapered cylindrical object with a rounded blunt end and a pointed tip lies horizontally against a solid gray background; the object's surface is primarily beige with areas of light tan and subtle brown discoloration, showing a weathered, slightly rough texture with small scratches and shallow grooves, and a few darker brown spots near the blunt end.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A05_386

License type

Rights managed

Available size

33.8Mb (1.5Mb) / 20.0in x 6.6in / 6000 x 1970 (300dpi)

Keywords

Awl Early Jazira III Early Dynastic III period ca 2600–ca 2350 Bc elongated awl triangularly sharpened material bone tool function awl provenance origin Northern Mesopotamia Al-Jazira Khabur basin Tell Rad Shakra northeastern Syria dimensions height 8.5 cm width 1.5 cm slender tapered cylindrical object rounded blunt pointed tip lies horizontally solid gray background object's surface primarily beige areas light tan subtle brown discoloration showing weathered slightly rough texture small scratches shallow grooves darker brown spots near blunt .