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Obsidian is a natural glass. The lump of obsidian is just that. The three blades are all flat at the bottom and rise to a more or less broad ridge at the top.
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Title: Group of 3 worked obsidian fragments and a raw obsidian lump
Period: Neolithic or later
Date: 5th millennium or later
Culture: Cycladic
Medium: Obsidian
Dimensions:
a: 13/16 × 1 7/8 × 3/16 in. (2.1 × 4.8 × 0.5 cm)
b: 7/8 × 2 3/8 × 5/16 in. (2.3 × 6 × 0.8 cm)
c: 1/2 × 1 9/16 × 3/16 in. (1.2 × 4 × 0.4 cm)
d: 2 1/16 × 2 5/8 × 3 5/8 in. (5.2 × 6.6 × 9.2 cm)
Classification: Miscellaneous-Stone
Credit Line: Anonymous Gift, 2013
Accession Number: 2013.1104.7a–d
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