Sickle blade
pre-Badarian, Merimda Culture, 5th millennium B.C.
FindspotMerimda Beni Salama, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueFlint
DimensionsLegacy dimension: L 0.063
Credit LineGift of Albert Rothbart
Accession number33.425
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Not on viewClassificationsTools and equipment
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ProvenanceFrom Merimda Beni Salama. 1928-32, Vienna Academy Excavations; 1933; given to the MFA by Albert Rothbart through the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
(Accession Date: May 1, 1933)
(Accession Date: May 1, 1933)
3650–3300 B.C.
Naqada II, 3650–3300 B.C.
Naqada II, 3650–3300 B.C.
4500–3800 B.C.
4500–3800 B.C.
pre-Badarian, Merimda culture 4500–3800 B.C.
2649–2575 B.C.
probably Hissar I A, before 4300 B.C.
5th millennium B.C.
about 690–664 B.C.
2040–1783 B.C.
2040–1783 B.C.