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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 view
ClassificationsTools and equipment
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)
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.
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.