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Flint knife
Egyptian
Middle Predynastic Period
Findspot: Egypt, Mesaid, Tomb 17, no. 8. M/17/8
Medium/Technique
Flint
Dimensions
Other: 4.5 x 13.4 x 0.7 cm (1 3/4 x 5 1/4 x 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number11.218
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTools and equipment – Knives, blades, scrapers
DescriptionFine-grained; yellow-brown; finely worked, bifacially retouched, some denticulation.
ProvenanceFrom Mesaid (Mesa'eed) tomb 17, no. 8. [M/17/8]. 1910: Excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Egypt.