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Blade and flakes

3850–3650 B.C.
FindspotEgypt
Medium/TechniqueFlint and carnelian
DimensionsOverall (blade): 2.5 x 2.1 x 0.6 cm (1 x 13/16 x 1/4 in.)
Credit LineArchaeological Survey of Nubia
Accession number17/70
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTools and equipment
ProvenanceBahan. (ASN 17/70). 1907: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition for the Archaeological Survey of Nubia; awarded to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.
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.
Blade
5th millennium B.C.