Full Record |
| Title |
pressure-flaked flint knife blade |
| Collection |
Artworld: Oriental Museum |
| Date |
3500 - 3100 BCE |
| Description |
Light brown pressure-flaked flint knife blade. One face of the knife blade is heavily worked and the underside is completely smooth except for being worked only along the edge to form a sharp, finely denticulated convex knife edge. |
| Cultural Context |
Egyptian |
| Id Number Former Accession |
Mac G1141 |
| Location Creation Site |
Misr |
| Location Current Repository |
The Oriental Museum |
| Subject |
implements and utensils, domestic equipment and utensils, knife, technology, tool |
| Measurements |
6.1 x 14.3 x 0.8 cm |
| Rights |
Oriental Museum, University of Durham, Durham, 2002. All Rights reserved |
| Rights Owner |
OM |
| Style Period |
Prehistoric Period, Chalcolithic Period, Naqada II |
| Work Type |
knife |
