Stone tool: flint knife
Flint knife; both sides roughly chipped.
Illustration: Yes
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_12-12-31
- Alternate IDs
- HUMFA_12-12-31; 12-12-31
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Tools & Equipment-Knives, Blades, Scrapers
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 6
- Entry Date
- 12/07/1912
- Title
- Stone tool: flint knife
- Medium
- Flint
- Dimensions
- Width: 5 cm Length: 14.8 cm
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- [G 2382] [(originally thought to be a tomb, but now known to be a jumbled deposit of limestone blocks from other nearby tombs)], [Senedjemib complex court], NE quarter of court in sand
- Bibliography
- Markowitz, Yvonne J., Joyce L. Haynes, and Rita E. Freed. Egypt in the Age of the Pyramids: Highlights from the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Expedition. Boston: MFA Publications, 2002, p. 122, cat. 54b.
- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified