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Serrated knife

Naqada II, 3650–3300 B.C.
FindspotMesaid, Egypt
Country of Origin, for CustomsEgypt
Medium/TechniqueFlint
DimensionsLength: 22 cm, w. 4.6 cm, d. 0.5 cm
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number11.233
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTools and equipment
ProvenanceFrom Mesaid (Mesa'eed), tomb 6 [M/6]. 1910: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; March 2, 1911: assigned to the MFA by the government of Egypt.
(Accession date: March 2, 1911)
Rippled flint knife
3650–3300 B.C.
Flint knife
Naqada II, 3650–3300 B.C.
Sickle(?) blade
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.
Sickle blade
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.
Sickle blade (?)
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.
Arrowhead
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.
Knife
2960–2649 B.C.
2960–2649 B.C.
Knife
2960–2770 B.C.
Knife
2960–2649 B.C.
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.