Obsidian tool

Details

• Title

  Obsidian tool

• Associated place

  Europe › Greece › Crete › Heraklion › Knossos (find spot)

  Europe › Greece › South Aegean › Milos › Melos (quarried here) (place of creation)

• Date

  4000 BC - 3001 BC

• Material and technique

  melian obsidian

• Object type

  tool/implement

• Dimensions

  9.3 cm (height)
  7 cm (width)
  3 cm (depth)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Sir Arthur Evans, 1909.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1909.344

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