Accession No
1935.970 A
Description
Batu Lintar. Adze made of a ground black stone with a brown surface colour, possibly weathered. Incorporating a flat butt end, flat sides which converge towards a curved cutting edge, and a rectangular cross-section.
Place
Asia; Southeast Asia; Malaysia; Peninsular Malaysia; Pahang; River Tembeling; Tahan
Period
Neolithic
Source
Noone, Herbert Vander Vord [collector]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1935.970 A
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone
Local Term
batu lintar
Measurements
33mm x 10mm x 98mm
Events
Context (Found together / assemblage)
The implements are divided into three sections, axe forms (1935.968), adze forms (1935.969) and gouge form (1935.971). [original note taken from the record originally covering 1935.969 A-C].
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau
Context (Production / use)
''Batu linta' is the native word for the stone implement and means thunder bolt in English' [Donor's note?].
Event Date 1935
Author: Lucie Carreau
Context (Production / use)
Donor's note relating to 1935.970 A-B: 'These are the commonest form, with the exception of 1935.669. They are frequently found broken off some 2 inches from working edge'.
Event Date 1935
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Description for 1935.970 A-B: 'Two stone adzes. In this the working edge is the same as that of one of the faces'.
Event Date 1935
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Stone adze. In this the working edge is the same as that of one of the faces.
Event Date 21/2/2020
Author: Lucie Carreau
Description (Physical description)
Batu Lintar. Adze made of a ground black stone with a brown surface colour, possibly weathered. Incorporating a flat butt end, flat sides which converge towards a curved cutting edge, and a rectangular cross-section.
Event Date 12/10/2023
Author: Alana Edgeworth
Context (Analysis)
Cf: Barton, Huw. (2013). ‘Myanmar and Malasia’ In Hicks, D. and Stevenson, A. (eds.), World Archaeology at the Pitt Rivers Museum: A Characterization. Archaeopress. pp. 517-524
Event Date 12/10/2023
Author: Alana Edgeworth
FM:79227
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