Blade

Unknown

ca. 3100 BCE · Chert, brown yellow · Ancient Near Eastern Art

This chert blade was excavated at Yarim Tepe in northeastern Iran, six miles south of the modern town of Gonbad-e Kavus. Yarim Tepe was a small settlement, inhabited from the Neolithic to the Parthian period, with many interruptions. It probably dates to the late Chalcolithic period.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 3100 BCE

Medium

Chert, brown yellow

Culture

Iran

Department

Ancient Near Eastern Art

Credit line

Purchase, H. Dunscombe Colt Gift, 1963