Lamellar flake
Middle Paleolithic
Mousterian
Flint
9 x 3.5 cm
Excavations by F.M. Zavernyaeva
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This is a chip of elongated proportions, similar to a plate, but the negatives on the upper side are arranged in a disorderly manner. One end is broken. The edges are uneven, one is straight, the other is unevenly convex. They form a beak-shaped point at the point of convergence. There is no intentional retouch, but small chips on them suggest that it was used without additional touch-up, perhaps as a tool for planing or cutting soft material, wood, or bone.
It has a functional purpose: blank for a tool or a tool itself.
It is a common tool of the Middle Paleolithic era in Eurasia.