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Sickle(?) blade
Egyptian
Predynastic Period
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Abydos
Medium/Technique
Flint
Dimensions
Width x length: 1.2 x 6.1 cm (1/2 x 2 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number02.721
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsTools and equipment – Knives, blades, scrapers
DescriptionThis rectangular flake of beige-colored flint has fashioned into a blade with notched serration on one edge. The other edges are roughly straight.
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)