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Knife with handle
Egyptian
Predynastic to Early Dynastic Period
2960–2649 B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Abydos
Medium/Technique
Flint
Dimensions
Width x length: 3.7 x 15.2 cm (1 7/16 x 6 in.)
Credit Line
Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number02.708
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsTools and equipment – Knives, blades, scrapers
DescriptionThis is a roughly chipped knife of gray flint. Its formal handle is intact, and the tip has broken away. It exhibits a bifacial retouching.
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: November 17, 1902)