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Pal. East. Desert
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Both ends are flaked off at right angles to the two faces. End E has no retouching,
and end D but a small amount on the convex face. The edges are slightly retouched by
use on both faces. At B and C, they are slightly notched or roughened, perhaps for
hand holds.
Fig. 11. Cat. no. 755 , P. M. Rabah. (Figure shows convex face. Cf. enlarged portion
of same face, fig. 121.)
Flint — light — translucent. Patina — concave face, bright yellow except on edges where it is
slight — convex face, dendritic. 5 X 4 X 1-5 cm. Concave face — single cleavage plane. Convex face
— several radial facets — places shaded in tracing are portions of cortex. Striations — concave face,
up to 5 mm. long, some with “ pin” holes — on convex face, short, associated with dendritic patina and
scaling holes. On this specimen, portions bearing dendritic patination scratch easily.
End B is beveled. In the region of A, a facet is at right angles to the two faces.
The edge shows no evidence of fine secondary chipping except by use. It is rather
sinuous except in the region of A, where it is straight. This portion is thicker than the
rest of the specimen, and probably was the handle in most uses of the tool. It was, how-
ever, used as a scraping edge of the snub-nosed type. When it was so used the stop-
ridge at C probably served as a finger grasp.
Fig. 12. Cat. no. , P. M. Rabah. (Figure shows concave face. Cf. enlarged portion
of convex face, fig. 123.)
Flint — light — opaque. Patina — dendritic. 6X4X1 cm. Concave face — mainly an old
fracture plane A, and a series of radial chippings along the edge. Convex face — several longitudinal
facets with a few radial ones on one edge. Striations — convex face, up to 10 mm. long, pin hole variety,
associated with dendritic patina.
The edge is sinuous and beveled except in the region B, where a flake has been removed
at right angles to the two faces — a device for holding common in the other specimens
of the collection.
Fig. 13. Cat. no. , P. M. Rabah. (Figure shows convex face.)
Flint — light-—translucent. Patina-—slight. 6 X 5 X 1.5 cm. Concave face — mainly a
single cleavage plane with reversed cone of percussion at B — a few flakes have been removed to give a
beveled edge in the region of C. Convex face — mainly a portion of an old fracture plane A — and
a series of radial cleavage planes around the edge.
The edge is sinuous with a long bevel, except at B, where there is a facet nearly at
right angles to the two faces. This place, like so many other similar places on other
specimens, seems to have served sometimes as a hand hold and sometimes as a scraping
edge. The specimen bears no fine secondary chipping except that due to use.
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Both ends are flaked off at right angles to the two faces. End E has no retouching,
and end D but a small amount on the convex face. The edges are slightly retouched by
use on both faces. At B and C, they are slightly notched or roughened, perhaps for
hand holds.
Fig. 11. Cat. no. 755 , P. M. Rabah. (Figure shows convex face. Cf. enlarged portion
of same face, fig. 121.)
Flint — light — translucent. Patina — concave face, bright yellow except on edges where it is
slight — convex face, dendritic. 5 X 4 X 1-5 cm. Concave face — single cleavage plane. Convex face
— several radial facets — places shaded in tracing are portions of cortex. Striations — concave face,
up to 5 mm. long, some with “ pin” holes — on convex face, short, associated with dendritic patina and
scaling holes. On this specimen, portions bearing dendritic patination scratch easily.
End B is beveled. In the region of A, a facet is at right angles to the two faces.
The edge shows no evidence of fine secondary chipping except by use. It is rather
sinuous except in the region of A, where it is straight. This portion is thicker than the
rest of the specimen, and probably was the handle in most uses of the tool. It was, how-
ever, used as a scraping edge of the snub-nosed type. When it was so used the stop-
ridge at C probably served as a finger grasp.
Fig. 12. Cat. no. , P. M. Rabah. (Figure shows concave face. Cf. enlarged portion
of convex face, fig. 123.)
Flint — light — opaque. Patina — dendritic. 6X4X1 cm. Concave face — mainly an old
fracture plane A, and a series of radial chippings along the edge. Convex face — several longitudinal
facets with a few radial ones on one edge. Striations — convex face, up to 10 mm. long, pin hole variety,
associated with dendritic patina.
The edge is sinuous and beveled except in the region B, where a flake has been removed
at right angles to the two faces — a device for holding common in the other specimens
of the collection.
Fig. 13. Cat. no. , P. M. Rabah. (Figure shows convex face.)
Flint — light-—translucent. Patina-—slight. 6 X 5 X 1.5 cm. Concave face — mainly a
single cleavage plane with reversed cone of percussion at B — a few flakes have been removed to give a
beveled edge in the region of C. Convex face — mainly a portion of an old fracture plane A — and
a series of radial cleavage planes around the edge.
The edge is sinuous with a long bevel, except at B, where there is a facet nearly at
right angles to the two faces. This place, like so many other similar places on other
specimens, seems to have served sometimes as a hand hold and sometimes as a scraping
edge. The specimen bears no fine secondary chipping except that due to use.