Copper tool: knife blade
Copper knife; sharp edges, no handle.
Illustration: Yes
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_12-12-426
- Alternate IDs
- 12-12-426; HUMFA_12-12-426
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Tools & Equipment-Knives, Blades, Scrapers
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 6, reign of Pepy II
- Entry Date
- 12/31/1912
- Title
- Copper tool: knife blade
- Medium
- Copper
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Pit G 2381 A, [chamber] (213) (found in 12-12-361)
- Bibliography
- Reisner, George A. "A Family of Builders of the Sixth Dynasty, About 2600 B.C." Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 11, No. 66 (1913), pp. 53-66. [to be completed].
- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified