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Serrated knife
Serrated knife

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.
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.