Blade
5th millennium B.C.
FindspotIran
Medium/TechniqueFlint
DimensionsWidth x Depth x Length: 1.2 x 0.4 x 3.6 cm (1/2 x 3/16 x 1 7/16 in.)
Credit LineUniversity of Chicago-Museum of Fine Arts Persepolis Expedition
Accession number45.929
On View
Not on viewClassificationsTools and equipment
Collections
ProvenanceFrom Tall-i-Bakun, near Persepolis. 1937: excavated by the University of Chicago-Museum of Fine Arts Persepolis Expedition. Assigned to the MFA in the division of finds. (Accession Date: December 13, 1945)
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.
pre-Badarian, Merimda Culture, 5th millennium B.C.
2649–2575 B.C.
probably Hissar I A, before 4300 B.C.
about 690–664 B.C.
2040–1783 B.C.
2040–1783 B.C.