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F. H. Sterns

the two edges, shows secondary retouching due to use. Except for notch D, the specimen
is roughly rectangular.
Figs. 76 and 77. Cat. no. § , P. M. Haynes collection (pl. 3, fig. 6). Luxor.
Flint — light — opaque. Patina — red brown — considerable black dendritic discoloration in
spots. 11 X 7 X 3.5 cm. Flaking — irregularly radial.
At A, there remains a portion of the original nodular surface, containing a fossil
impression of a small shell. The edges are rather wavy and much battered. The form
of the whole is roughly ovoid.
Fig. 78 and 79. Cat. no. H, P. M. Haynes collection (pl. 5, fig. 6). Luxor.
Flint — light — opaque. Patina — yellow to red brown, dendritic. Incrustation — calcareous
in spots. 7 X 7.5 X 3 cm. Face shown in fig. 79 — longitudinally flaked. Face shown in fig. 78
— roughly radially flaked — portion of original cortex retained at A.
The implement is roughly a triangle with the apex cut off and the base concave. On
the base there is considerable evidence of use, while the other edges show little or no such
marks. Currelly 11 figures eleven specimens of this type, all from near Thebes. I have
been unable to find the type elsewhere. Possibly, therefore, it is of local development.
Figs. 80 and 81. Cat. no. 22 > ?• M. Haynes collection (pl. 1, fig. 4). Luxor.
Flint —dark — opaque. Patina — bluish. 11X9.5X3 cm. Flaking — radial — face shown
in fig. 80, mainly an old nodular surface A, retained apparently because it was merely useless to remove
it. Cf. G. Schweinfurth, ‘ Kiesel-Artefacte in der diluvialen Schotter-Terrasse und auf den Plateau-
Hohen von Theben ’ (Zeit. f. Ethnol., vol. 34, Berlin, 1902, Verhandlungen, p. 293-310) pl. 10, figs. 4 and 5.
Its thickness is uniform except along the edges, where it is beveled from the face shown
in figure 80. The general form of the implement is roughly discoidal. This disc is much
more coarsely chipped than those from the Eastern Desert, as shown in figs. 19, 57 and 58.
Figs. 82 and 83. Cat. no. , P. M. Haynes collection (pl. 1, fig. 5). Luxor.
Flint — light -— opaque. Patina — face shown in fig. 83, lusterless yellow — face shown in fig.
82, slight. 12 X 10 X 2.5 cm. Flaking — radial — coarse — face shown in fig. 82, largely old nodular
surface A, which appears to be the exterior of a water worn bowlder.
The thickness is uniform except along the edges, where it is beveled from the face
shown in fig. 82. The face shown in fig. 83 is flat, in spite of the many facets composing
it. This implement, like the preceding one, is roughly discoidal.
11 C. T. Currelly, op. cit., pl. 7, figs. 63167 to 63177. Cf. Pitt Rivers, ‘On the discovery of chert implements in
stratified gravel in the Nile valley near- Thebes’ (Jour. Anthr. Inst., vol. 11, London, 1882, p. 382-400) pl. 30: H.
R. Hall, ‘Palaeolithic implements from the Thebaid’ (Man, vol. 5, no. 19, London, 1905, p. 33-37) pl. C. This
may possibly be type 57 of G. Schweinfurth ‘ Steinzeitliche Forschungen in Oberagypten ’ (Zeit. f. Ethnol., vol. 36,
Berlin, 1904, p. 766-830) p. 811.
 
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