Flint knife
Oval flint knife.
Details
- ID
- GEM_6438
- Alternate IDs
- GEM_6438; 6438; EMC_JE_52436; JE_52436; EMC_SR_1/10118; SR_1/10118; HH_1103; 1103
- Department
- Grand Egyptian Museum
- Classification
- Tools & Equipment-Knives, Blades, Scrapers
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, reign of Khufu
- Title
- Flint knife
- Medium
- Flint/Chert
- Dimensions
- 0.8 x 2.7 x 9.7 cm; 21 g
- Credit Line
- Grand Egyptian Museum
- Provenance
- G 7000 X
- Notes
- From excavations of George Reisner, 1925. A large portion of Special Register section 7 (volumes 13-16) was originally misnumbered, with the object numbers following in sequence from section 1 volume 4; these numbers have thus been given EMC_SR_1 prefixes, despite being recorded in section 7.
- Remarks
- RELATED CONSTITUENT(S): George Reisner; ALTERNATE NUMBER(S): EMC_JE_52436; EMC_SR_1.10118; HH_1103; RELATED OBJECT: MFAB_Vol.19.p.540
