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Sickle(?) blade
Egyptian
Predynastic Period
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Abydos
Medium/Technique
Flint
Dimensions
Length: 5.3 cm (2 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number03.1890
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsTools and equipment – Knives, blades, scrapers
DescriptionThis rectnagular blade of taupe-colored flint blade has one edge with a very pronounced denticulation opposite a straight edges. One end appears to have broken off.
ProvenanceFrom Abydos. 1903: 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. (Accession Date: January 1, 1903)