Stone tool: fragment of flint knife
Large piece of tan flint knife tip; belongs with MFA 11.776.
Details
- ID
- MFAB_11.777
- Alternate IDs
- 11.777; MFAB_11.777
- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Classification
- Tools & Equipment-Knives, Blades, Scrapers
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
- Title
- Stone tool: fragment of flint knife
- Medium
- Flint
- Dimensions
- Overall: 7.5 x 0.7 x 5.4 cm (2 15/16 x 1/4 x 2 1/8 in.)
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Subsidiary pyramid G III-a temple (MQT)
- 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–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1911: assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt. (Accession date: March 2, 1911)