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)
5th millennium B.C.
5000–4000 B.C.
5000–4000 B.C.
Naqada II, 3650–3300 B.C.
Naqada II, 3650–3300 B.C.
about 1775–1800
early 19th–late 19th century
1849–58
1850–1900
1850–1900
1850–1900
1850–1900