Symmetrically worked tool, rough traces of retouch on both surfaces, finer retouching along the edges. Triangular shape. Regular, slightly rounded base. Flat cross-section. Straight longitudinal profile. Grey-brown stone with light spots; cortex remains and patina in places. Intact.
PROVENANCE
Formerly coll. Dalomba, France. Inscription on object: "JABLINE, S. et M. 1877".
NOTE
F. Bordes, Typologie du Paléolithique Ancien et Moyen (Paris 2005) 71-93. J.-M. Le Tensorer, Faustkeile. In: H. Floss (ed.), Steinartefakte vom Paläolithikum bis in die Neuzeit. Tübingen Publications in Prehistory. 2nd edition (Tübingen 2013) 209-218. J.-L. Piel-Desruisseaux, Outils Préhistoriques. Du galet taillé au bistouri d'obsidienne. 5th edition (Paris 2004) 75-84. K. Ruebens, Late Middle Palaeolithic bifacial technologies across northwest Europe: Typo-technological variability and trends. Quaternary International 350, 2014, 130-146.