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Knife fragment

Egyptian
Findspot: Egypt, Giza, found in box with flints from Menkaura VT

Medium/Technique Flint
Dimensions Other: 12 x 3.7 x 0.5 cm (4 3/4 x 1 7/16 x 3/16 in.)
Credit Line Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number47.1953
NOT ON VIEW

DescriptionBlade section of a broad-bladed knife. Bifacially retouched. Brown.
ProvenanceFrom Giza, Menkaura Valley Temple. 19: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.