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Blade

Egyptian
Predynastic Period
2960–2649 B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Abydos

Medium/Technique Flint
Dimensions Overall: 8 x 2.7 cm (3 1/8 x 1 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number02.733
NOT ON VIEW

DescriptionRectilinear blade of brown flint with bulbous platform.
ProvenanceFrom Abydos. 1902: excavated by William Matthew Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund, assigned to the Egypt Exploration Fund in the division of finds by the government of Egypt, received by the MFA through subscription to the Egypt Exploration Fund on November 17, 1902. (Accession Date: January 1, 1902)