Part of obsidian blade

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Inventory number

ΝΜΑ 7733

Category

Tool

Period

Middle Bronze Age

Date

2050-1680 BC

Dimensions

Length: 0.033 m
Width: 0.013 m

Material

Obsidian

Location

Excavation Museum, Case 1, No 15

Description
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Part of a prismatic blade made from obsidian. It was found in 2002 during the Makrygiannis plot excavation, in the wider area of the kilns ΝΜΑ 24 and ΝΜΑ 25.

Obsidian was a hard volcanic rock with black colour, that was used mainly during the Neolithic period, but also during the Bronze Age to make sharp weapons and tools, such as blades, arrow heads, sicles, saws and knifes.

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