Flint in the Form of a Bird
https://clevelandart.org/art/1995.40
This flint is ground on one side and ripple-flaked on the other, indicating the date. Nonrepresentational flints were tools and weapons. Representational ones like this, however, were undoubtedly tomb gifts and never used. The type of bird represented is a Guinea fowl or quail...
Artifact
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id
159217
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| contentType |
contentType
object
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| citation |
citation
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| rights |
rights
CC0
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rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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| wikidata |
wikidata
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"Q60747839"
]
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| source |
source
import
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| accession |
accession
1995.4
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Source image fields (4)
| thumbnailUrl | https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1995.40/1995.40_web.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1995.40/1995.40_web.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1995.40/1995.40_web.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
Terms
Technique
tan-colored flint
Medium
tan-colored flint
Genre
Tools and Equipment
Department
Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
Relations
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