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Sickle blade set in bitumen for attachment to a handle

c. 2900–2700 BC · Sumer

Sickle blade set in bitumen for attachment to a handle
Photo: The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Public domain (CC0)

Sickle blade set in bitumen for attachment to a handle, from Sumer, dated c. 2900–2700 BC. It was found at Nippur. Today it is kept at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Date
c. 2900–2700 BC
Civilization
Sumer
Found at
Nippur
Where it is today
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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