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Knife
Egyptian
Predynastic Period
Object Place: Egypt, Mesaid, 756
Medium/Technique
Flint
Dimensions
Other: 4 x 23 x 0.3 cm (1 9/16 x 9 1/16 x 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number13.3766
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTools and equipment – Knives, blades, scrapers
DescriptionFlint; broken, mended; flaking rather good. Brown-gray.
ProvenanceFrom Mesaid (Mesa'eed) tomb 756 [M/756]. 1913: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Boston Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Egypt.