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Sickle blade
Egyptian
Predynastic
pre-Badarian, Merimda Culture, 5th millennium B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Merimda Beni Salama
Medium/Technique
Flint
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: L 0.063
Credit Line
Gift of Albert Rothbart
Accession Number33.425
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsTools and equipment – Knives, blades, scrapers
DescriptionRectangular chipped flint with one saw-toothed edge.
ProvenanceFrom Merimda Beni Salama. 1928-32, Vienna Academy Excavations; 1933; given to the MFA by Albert Rothbart through the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
(Accession Date: May 1, 1933)
(Accession Date: May 1, 1933)