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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Egyptian
Title:Knife
Date Made:3600-3200 BCE (Predynastic, Naqada II period)
Type:Gear; Weapon
Materials:Flint
Place Made:Africa; Egypt; Thebes
Measurements:Overall: 5 in x 1 3/4 in; 12.7 cm x 4.4 cm
Accession Number:  MH 1910.5.A.B(a)
Credit Line:Purchase with Acquisition Fund
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Roughly oblong blade, rounded at one end, pointed at the other, with one long edge straight and the other (the cutting edge) curved.

Tags:
ancient; archaeology; weapons; knives

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