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        "tombstone": "Flint in the Form of a Bird, 4000\u20133000 BCE. Egypt, Predynastic (5000\u20132950 BCE), Naqada II\u2013III (3650\u20133000 BCE). Tan-colored flint; overall: 5.2 x 5.2 cm (2 1/16 x 2 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1995.40",
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        "title": "Flint in the Form of a Bird",
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        "department": "Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art",
        "collection": "Egypt - Predynastic",
        "type": "Tools and Equipment",
        "measurements": "Overall: 5.2 x 5.2 cm (2 1/16 x 2 1/16 in.)",
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        "description": "This flint is ground on one side and ripple-flaked on the other, indicating the date. Nonrepresentational flints were tools and weapons. Representational ones like this, however, were undoubtedly tomb gifts and never used. The type of bird represented is a Guinea fowl or quail. A number of Egyptian flints in this form are known although this one is one of the largest and is of exceptional quality.",
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                "citation": "Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Boha\u010d.<em> Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999",
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