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
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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)
Naqada II, 3650–3300 B.C.
Naqada II, 3650–3300 B.C.
4500–3800 B.C.
4500–3800 B.C.
pre-Badarian, Merimda culture 4500–3800 B.C.
pre-Badarian, Merimda Culture, 5th millennium B.C.
2649–2575 B.C.
probably Hissar I A, before 4300 B.C.
5th millennium B.C.
about 690–664 B.C.
2040–1783 B.C.
2040–1783 B.C.