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Light tan flint scraper. [07-1-29]

Details

ID
MFAB_11.260
Alternate IDs
11.260; MFAB_11.260
Department
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Classification
Tools & Equipment-Knives, Blades, Scrapers
Period
Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
Title
Stone tool: flint
Medium
Flint
Dimensions
Overall: 8.2 x 1 cm (3 1/4 x 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
Menkaure Pyramid Temple ([MPT] GMT / room A = magazine 16)
Bibliography
Reisner, George A. Mycerinus: The Temples of the Third Pyramid at Giza. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1931, p. 17.
Notes
This object was excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, but was not recorded in any object register book. Excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1911: assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.
Remarks
Registration number obtained from publication; no registration records available for 1907.

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