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Knife with handle
Egyptian
Predynastic or Early Period
2750–2649 B.C., or earlier
Findspot: Egypt, Abydos, 2XV?
Medium/Technique
Flint
Dimensions
Other: 2 x 10 x 0.7 cm (13/16 x 3 15/16 x 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number02.713
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsTools and equipment – Knives, blades, scrapers
DescriptionWhitish flint; most likely from Abydos; marked in pencil, 2XV in Stone Ledger; bifacially retouched.
ProvenanceFrom Abydos, 2 (XV). 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: November 17, 1902)