| Identification | |
| Name of the Museum /Institution
संग्रहालय/संस्था का नाम |
State Achaeological Museum, Aandhra Pradesh |
| Reference Number / संदर्भ संख्या | SM-apm-AP-168305 |
| Title/ Name of Object वस्तु का शीर्षक/नाम |
Hand axe cum cleaver |
| Type of Object / वस्तु की किस्म | Artifact -कलाअवशेष |
| Dynasty /वंश | Lower Paleolithic - निम्न - पुरापाषाण काल |
| Period / तारीख/युग | Pre - History - प्रागैतिहासिक काल |
| Style / शैली | |
| Provenance / उद्गम/क्षेत्र | Amarabad V Mehabubnagar Dist |
| Material / सामग्री | Quartzite Stone - क्वार्ट्जाइट पत्थर |
| Sub Material / उप.सामग्री | |
| Location at the Museum / संग्रहालय में कहा पर अवस्थित है। | Pre Historic Gallery Show Case No.9 |
| State/UT राज्य/संघ राज्य क्षेत्र |
Andhra Pradesh |
| Measurement/Weight माप/वजन |
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| Length(cm) / लंबाई | 10.8 |
| Width(cm) / चौड़ाई | 5.1 |
| Height(cm) / ऊंचाई | |
| Weight(gm) / भार | |
| Diameter(cm) /व्यास | |
| Thickness(cm)/मोटाई | 3.5 |
| Depth(cm) /गहराई | |
| Description / विवरण | |
| Description / विवरण | It is an elongate ovate hand axe with thick mid portion and sharp lateral sides. It has thick rounded buttend and slightly thin functional edge. The shallow flake scars all over the body of the artifact suggests the application of soft hammer technique. Plano-convex in its cross section. Typo-technologically it is well developed tool exhibiting fine work manship. It also possessed sharp straight or serrated line in its profile. It can be used as cleaver too. |
| Identification Marks / पहचान चिन्ह | |
| Identification Mark Images / पहचान चिन्ह का छायाचित्र | |
| Condition / वस्तु की अवस्था | |
| Condition Description / स्थिति का विवरण | Fair |
| Source | |
| From where acquired / अधिग्रहण का स्थान | |
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