Bifacial Tool

Unknown artist

Date: ca. 90,000–5,000 BCE

Medium: Flint

Dimensions: l. 11.1 x w. 4.6 x th. 1.7 cm (4 3/8 x 1 13/16 x 11/16 in.)

Country: Egypt

Period: Paleolithic to Neolithic

Rogers Fund, 1925

Date range

-90000 – -5000

Largest dimension

1.7 cm

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