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Marble Madonna (Virgin Mary) and child

Bronze statuette of a Roman soldier / Mars

Part A: Incomplete, broken adze. Light brown stone. The cross-section is rectangular. The surface is bruised and flaked. It is unclear which end of an adze this piece is. There is one edge that is relatively sharp but in an asymmetrical curve. There are some rounded edges. Part B: Incomplete broken adze. Grey stone. Irregular cross-section. There is no butt or bevel, it appears to be a small part of a much larger adze. The surface is both flaked and bruised.

Complete adze. Stone. Grey and dark grey. Cross-secton is trapezodal, with back narrower than front. Surface is ground. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, blade comes out at a slight angle from butt, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade. Cutting edge is sharp and curved, chipped along cutting edge.

Complete adze. Cross-section is oval. Surface is mostly ground. Bruised and flaked up along both sides, No differentiation between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved.

Complete adze. Cross-section is oval. Surface of blade and and parts of back are ground. Butt and sides mostly bruised and flaked. No differentiation between butt and blade. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, chipped.

Complete adze. Cross-section is asymmetrical. Surface is mostly ground across back, areas along side and back are flaked. No differentiation between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and straight.

Broken silcrete blade, proximal portion remaining. Light grey in colour.

Broken and split silcrete blade, distal portion remaining, split on the right lateral margin. Light yellow and white in colour. Unifacial retouch on the ventral surface of the right lateral margin.

Broken silcrete blade that has the distal portion remaining. It is mid brown and light grey in colour. There is unifacial retouching on the proper left lateral margin of the ventral surface.

Complete sinker with shallow transverse lashing groove.

Complete sinker with a shallow transverse lashing groove.