IDNO

LS.115798.TC1

Description

Documentary photograph of MAA Objects 1927.1512.F:
Chipped flint implements - F. Two knives from Faydum, donated by Gertrude Caton-Thompson, British School of Archaeology in Egypt

Documentary photograph of MAA Object 1924.114:
Leaf-shaped tools. Borers. Small trimmed flakes. " Mousterian" ?points. chisels. Trimmed Flakes. Discs, Siwa Oasis. Donated by Dr Cunnington. NOtes include "Some of the cards for the Cunnington Gift give the provenance as Libya, Siwa Oasis is in Egypt but on the border with Libya; Found: 1924.1114 (a) = Leaf-shaped tools from Middle Terrace or more exactly from the slope leading down to the Middle Terrace."

Documentary photograph of MAA Object 1924.1094:
Burins. Leaf-shaped tools. Finely trimmed blades. Arrow heads. Blunted back. Discs. Trimmed flakes. Large rough tools. Flat finely trimmed Neolithic Mealing stone, from Shiyata, Siwa Oasis. Donated by Dr Cunnington.

Place

N Africa; Egypt; Libya; Siwa Oasis; Faydum

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

McBurneys and Hey’s Expeditions to northern Cyrenaican, 1947, 1948, and 1952

Date

circa 1947 - 1952

Collection Name

Teaching Slide Collection

Source

Format

Lantern Slide Black & White

Primary Documentation

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