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Fragment of an iron knife

Egyptian
Findspot: Egypt, Naukratis

Medium/Technique Iron
Dimensions Overall: 3.9 x 10.2cm (1 9/16 x 4in.)
Credit Line Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number86.352
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ClassificationsTools and equipment

DescriptionFragment of an iron knife; one end missing; badly rusted and cracked.
ProvenanceFrom Naukratis. 1885: excavated by William Matthew Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund, assigned to the EEF by the Egyptian government; October 28, 1885: voted to the MFA at EEF general meeting; sent over February 1886. (Accession Date: January 1, 1886)