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Stone tools
Egyptian
Predynastic
pre-Badarian, Merimda culture 4500–3800 B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Merimda Beni Salama
Medium/Technique
Flint
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: (a) Length: 0.068 / (b) Length: 0.044
Credit Line
Gift of Albert Rothbart
Accession Number33.424a
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsTools and equipment – Knives, blades, scrapers
DescriptionOne of two chipped flints with squared ends. Butt-end of spear point, brownish-yellow.
ProvenanceFindspot Information: From Merimda Beni Salama - no marks. Vienna Academy Excavations, 1928-32.
Gift of Albert Rothbart, through Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Gift of Albert Rothbart, through Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.