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Celt

4500–3800 B.C.
FindspotMerimda Beni Salama, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueFlint
DimensionsLegacy dimension: L 0.092
Credit LineGift of Albert Rothbart
Accession number33.420
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTools and equipment
ProvenanceFindspot Information: From Merimda Beni Salama - 801. Vienna Academy Excavations, 1928-32.
Gift of Albert Rothbart, through Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
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.
Serrated knife
Naqada II, 3650–3300 B.C.
Flint knife
Naqada II, 3650–3300 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.