Fossil

Fossilised coral (?). From area M1 S - the Predynastic settlement near Mahasna. Part of a group of material that includes pottery, pottery spindle whorls(?), 3 bone pins and other miscellaneous items. The region examined by John Garstang's team in this 1900-1901 season was about ten miles in length, encompassing the villages of Alawniyeh at one end and Bet Khallaf on the other, with el-Mahasna in between. CONDITION NOTE 1998: Surface dirt, chipped, some fresh abrasion.