Flint knife
Naqada II, 3650–3300 B.C.
Country of Origin, for CustomsEgypt
FindspotMesaid, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueFlint
DimensionsLength x Width: 4.3 x 17.7 cm (1 11/16 x 6 15/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number11.782
On View
Not on viewClassificationsTools and equipment
Collections
ProvenanceFrom Mesaid (Mesa'eed) tomb 155, no. 6 [M/155/6]. 1910: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt. (Accession date: March 2, 1911.)
3650–3300 B.C.
5th millennium B.C.
5000–4000 B.C.
5000–4000 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