Blade

ca. 3100 BCE

Not on view

This chert blade was excavated at Yarim Tepe in northeastern Iran, six miles south of the modern town of Gonbad-e Kavus. Yarim Tepe was a small settlement, inhabited from the Neolithic to the Parthian period, with many interruptions. It probably dates to the late Chalcolithic period.

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Title: Blade
Period: Late Chalcolithic
Date: ca. 3100 BCE
Geography: Iran, Yarim Tepe
Culture: Iran
Medium: Chert, brown yellow
Dimensions: 0.71 x 3.54 in. (1.8 x 8.99 cm)
Credit Line: Purchase, H. Dunscombe Colt Gift, 1963
Object Number: 63.102.21
Curatorial Department: Ancient West Asian Art

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