Bronze tool: knife blade
Bronze model knife; nearly uniform thickness; tip broken off (not found), bent in middle, tang bent over.
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: 1:1
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_14-11-176
- Alternate IDs
- HUMFA_14-11-176; 14-11-176
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Tools & Equipment-Knives, Blades, Scrapers
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4 - Dynasty 5
- Entry Date
- 11/29/1914
- Title
- Bronze tool: knife blade
- Medium
- Bronze
- Dimensions
- Width: 1.9 cm Length: 12.3 cm Thickness: ca 1 mm
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Pit G 5232 A
- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified