Accession No

1930.1538 D


Description

Eight pieces of worked stone, including: one chert core; one semicircular flint fragment, possibly a core; two oval-shaped scrapers or hoes, possibly of chert; one, large, trapezoid-shaped flint scraper or hoe; one pear-shaped flint scraper; one trapezoid-shaped flint hoe; one flint flake.


Place

Asia; West Asia; Israel; Tell el-Far’ah South [Tell Fara]; Wadi Ghuzzeh


Period

Neolithic


Source

British School of Archaeology in Egypt [donor]; Petrie, William Flinders [excavator]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1930.1538 D


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone; Flint; Chert


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (Related Documents)
The number of the pit and the actual levels are given on the objects in some cases. Compare the publications of this site by Petrie.
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Field collection)
Chert core found at O2/D4. Semicircular flint fragment found at D1, depth 7'1 - 7'6. Oval scrapers or hoes found at depth 5'1 - 5'6 and in Pit 19. Large trapezoid shaped flint scraper or hoe found at depth 4'6" - 5'. Pear shaped flint scraper found at depth 8'1 - 8'6. Flint hoe found at depth 4'1 - 4'6. Flint flake found washed out of site E. From the Neolithic site D on the Wadi Guzzeh, near Tell el-Far'ah South (Tell Fara). Excavated by William Flinders Petrie, British School of Archaeology in Egypt, likely during the 1929-1930 excavation season.
Event Date 1929
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (Physical description)
Accession register description for 1930.1538: 'A series of flints and potsherds.'
Event Date 1930
Author: maa


Context (References)
MacDonald, Eann and J.L. Starkey and Lankester Harding. (1932). 'Prehistoric Fara 1-20'. Beth Pelet II. British School of Archaeology in Egypt: London. pl. I-XLIA.
Event Date 1932
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (Physical description)
Description for 1930.1538: '5 potsherds, one stone loom weight, one ?whetstone, one stone core, one stone flake, fourteen flints found.'
Event Date 17/3/2003
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (Physical description)
Eight pieces of worked stone, including: one chert core; one semicircular flint fragment, possibly a core; two oval-shaped scrapers or hoes, possibly of chert; one, large, trapezoid-shaped flint scraper or hoe; one pear-shaped flint scraper; one trapezoid-shaped flint hoe; one flint flake.
Event Date 5/9/2023
Author: Lizzy Peneycad


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