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Serrated knife

Naqada II, 3650–3300 B.C.
Country of Origin, for CustomsEgypt
FindspotMesaid, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueFlint
DimensionsLength: 22 cm, w. 4.6 cm, d. 0.5 cm
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number11.233
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTools and equipment
ProvenanceFrom Mesaid (Mesa'eed), tomb 6 [M/6]. 1910: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; March 2, 1911: assigned to the MFA by the government of Egypt.
(Accession date: March 2, 1911)
Group shot:  03.1383, 03.1386, 03.1388, 03.1390, 03.1392, 03.1398, 03.1436, 03.1458, 03.1460, 0…
3650–3300 B.C.
Flint knife
Naqada II, 3650–3300 B.C.
Celt
4500–3800 B.C.
Celt
4500–3800 B.C.
Stone tools
pre-Badarian, Merimda culture 4500–3800 B.C.
pre-Badarian, Merimda Culture, 5th millennium B.C.
Flake blade
probably Hissar I A, before 4300 B.C.
Blade
5th millennium B.C.