Context (Field collection)
(Of these, eight obsidian and one flint blades and scrapers came from) Level V; Grave 67, main excavation. Excavated in 1935 by Max Mallowan, sponsored by the British Museum and the British School of Archaeology in Iraq. See archive (BR6/2/2) for distribution list.
Event Date 1935
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Description for 1936.165[.1-14]: '14 flint and obsidian knives and scrapers and a sickle stone blade.'
Event Date 1936
Author: maa

Context (References)
Mallowan, M.E.L. (1936) 'The Excavations at Tall Chagar Bazar, and an Archaeological Survey of the Habur Region, 1934-5', Iraq, 3(1). pp. 1-86. 
Event Date 1936
Author: Lily Stancliffe

Context (Analysis)
In August 2015, Prof. Stuart Campbell and Dr Elizabeth Healey, University of Manchester, tested part of this idno using a portable XRF as part of a programme of obsidian source analysis of Middle Eastern material. All the obsidian pieces from this idno were XRF tested.
Event Date 23/3/2016
Author: Imogen Gunn

Description (Physical description)
13 flint and obsidian knives and scrapers and a sickle stone blade with silica sheen on serrated edge.
Event Date 19/7/2023
Author: Lily Stancliffe