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Object · 5th-4th millennium BCE
Small serpentinite axe from Crete
A polished stone tool less than five centimetres long, which the record describes in one word: "celt". A Neolithic object from Crete that recalls how long the Neolithic is outside the Levant too.
- Region
- The Aegean
- Material
- Stone (serpentinite)
- Held by
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York