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Flint blade
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Flint blade

before 3850–2960 B.C.
FindspotMesaid, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueFlint
DimensionsOverall: 5.2 x 0.4 cm (2 1/16 x 3/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number11.240
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ClassificationsRaw materials and by-products
ProvenanceFrom Mesaid (Mesa'eed) tomb 85, no. 7 [M/85/7]. 1910: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Egypt.