Accession No

1994.26 D


Description

A flint sickle blade.


Place

Asia; West Asia; Palestine; West Bank; Jericho


Period

Pre-Pottery Neolithic A Pre-Pottery Neolithic B


Source

British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem [donor]; Kenyon, Kathleen [excavator]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1994.26 D; JPE 210.19 [Excavation no.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone; Flint


Local Term


Measurements

33mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
1 blade labelled R-P Pre pot neo A+B
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Field collection)
EI II V; Qi
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Context (Field collection)
Jericho, excavated by Kathleen Kenyon, 1952-1958. See archive for field notebooks, distribution lists, etc. (BR6/3/1/1 – BR6/3/1/8).
Event Date 1952
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff


Context (References)
Payne, J.C. (1983). ‘Appendix C: The Flint Industries of Jericho’. In Kenyon, K.M. and Holland, T.A. Excavations at Jericho, Vol. V: The Pottery Phases of the Tell and Others Finds. London: The British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem.
Event Date 1983
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff


Context (Acquisition Details)
1994.26 was separated from the main Jericho collection for study at the Institute of Archaeology in London, came into the museum in about 1991.

Event Date 1991
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
A flint sickle blade.
Event Date 15/8/2022
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff


FM:299225

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