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Techniques > Incising
Creating marks on the surface of a hard material, such as metal or glass, by cutting them in with a sharp tool.
c. 2400–2000 B.C.E.
1342
c. 400–300 B.C.E.
c. 966
c. 1750–80
c. 1352–1336 B.C.E.
3rd–1st century B.C.E.
800–550 B.C.E.
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