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Rippled flint knife
Rippled flint knife

Rippled flint knife

3650–3300 B.C.
Country of Origin, for CustomsEgypt
Medium/TechniqueFlint
DimensionsLength: 13 cm, w. 4 cm, d. 0.6 cm
Credit LineEmily Esther Sears Fund
Accession number03.1388
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTools and equipment
ProvenanceSaid to be from Naqada. 1903: purchased for the MFA from Mohamed Mohassib, Luxor, Egypt by Albert M. Lythgoe as part of a group (03.1388-03.1389) for £3. Acquired with funds from the Emily Esther Sears Fund. (Accession date: January 1, 1903)
Serrated knife
Naqada II, 3650–3300 B.C.
Flint knife
Naqada II, 3650–3300 B.C.
Sickle(?) blade
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.
Sickle blade
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.
Sickle blade (?)
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.
Arrowhead
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.
Knife
2960–2649 B.C.
Knife
2960–2770 B.C.
Knife
2960–2649 B.C.
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.