Appendix: The geological source of an obsidian ear (04.1941) from the museum of fine arts, Boston

Revue d'Egyptologie

Volumn 47, Issue , 1996, Pages 177-179

  Tykot, Robert H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 0005596671     PISSN: 00351849     EISSN: 17831733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2143/RE.47.0.2003716     Document Type: Article

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