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A few stone implements of this time period bring to mind the time before the people of the Mediterranean had discovered copper and bronze, when all work had to be done with stone, bone or wood tools.
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Title: Serpentine axehead
Period: Probably Middle Bronze Age
Date: ca. 2000–1600 BCE
Culture: Anatolian
Medium: Serpentine
Dimensions: H. 8 5/8 in. (21.9 cm)
Classification: Miscellaneous-Stone
Credit Line: Anonymous Gift, 1936
Accession Number: 36.122
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