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A small blade; the lower surface is straight, the upper surface rises to a flattened ridge at top.
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Title: Obsidian blade
Period: Early Cycladic II
Date: ca. 2700–2200 BCE
Culture: Cycladic
Medium: Obsidian
Dimensions: 3/8 × 3 1/16 × 1/8 in. (1 × 7.7 × 0.3 cm)
Classification: Miscellaneous-Stone
Credit Line: Anonymous Gift, 2013
Object Number: 2013.1104.5
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