Flint borer, Al Da’ssa, western coast of Qatar

This teardrop-shaped tool was likely used as a drill to create holes in hard materials such as shell, wood, bone or leather, due to its sharp point. It is bifacial (worked on both sides) and has been carefully worked along the edges through the technique of pressure chipping. This means that a hard, pointed object has been used to press the edges of the tool to break the flakes, rather than shaping it by hitting it with another hard object.

It can be classified as part of the cultural industry known as the Arabian Bifacial Tradition (ABT), due to the way in which the tool has been carved. ABT was a Neolithic industry discovered in the Rub' al-Khali region of the southern Arabian Peninsula, in connection with Ubaid period ceramic sites.