Borer
Unknown artist
Date: ca. 4600–3600 BCE
Medium: Stone
Dimensions: 1.25 x 3 in. (3.18 x 7.62 cm)
Classification: Stone-Implements
Culture: Ghassulian
Period: Chalcolithic
Purchase, H. Dunscombe Colt Gift, 1978
Date range
-4600 – -3600
Largest dimension
7.6 cm
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