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Object Type

Weapons and Tools

Material

Stone

Country of Origin

Greece

Credit

The Government of the Hellenic Republic 

Caption

Import Restricted since 2011.

Section I.A.3 of Designated List in force since 2011.

In flint/chert, obsidian, and other hard stones. Chipped stone types include blades, small blades, borers, scrapers, sickles, cores, and arrow heads. Ground stone types include grinders (e.g., mortars, pestles, millstones, whetstones), choppers, axes, hammers, and mace heads. Approximate date: 20,000 B.C. to 15th century B.C.

Example shown:
Spherical Clab-Head
Material: White Limestone; Period: Final Neolithic (4700/4500-2600 B.C.); Provenance: Cave of Alepotripa, Diros, Laconia; Place of Production: Laconia; Dimensions: diameter - 5.9 cm.
Neolithic Museum of Diros

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