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Rippled flint knife

Egyptian
Predynastic Period, Naqada II
3650–3300 B.C.

Medium/Technique Flint
Dimensions Length: 13 cm, w. 4 cm, d. 0.6 cm
Credit Line Emily Esther Sears Fund
Accession Number03.1388
OUT ON LOAN
On display at Houston Museum of Natural Science, TX, May 17, 2013 – March 31, 2027

ProvenanceSaid to be from Naqada. 1903: purchased for the MFA from Mohamed Mohassib, Luxor, Egypt by Albert M. Lythgoe as part of a group (03.1388-03.1389) for £3. Acquired with funds from the Emily Esther Sears Fund. (Accession date: January 1, 1903)