Silex knife
Part of silex knife, with handle; incomplete. Photograph: yes.
Details
- ID
- EMC_JE_92404
- Alternate IDs
- JE_92404; EMC_JE_92404; KK_exc_592; exc_592; EMC_SR_2/17667; SR_2/17667
- Department
- Egyptian Museum, Cairo
- Classification
- Tools & Equipment-Knives, Blades, Scrapers
- Period
- Early Dynastic Period
- Title
- Silex knife
- Medium
- Silex
- Dimensions
- 8 cm
- Credit Line
- Egyptian Museum, Cairo
- Provenance
- S of Menkaure "Gateway"(?). Based on Plan 1 in Kromer, Nezlet Batran, the area excavated seems to be south of Menkaure Valley Temple and modern Muslim cemetery.
- Notes
- From excavations of Karl Kromer, Innsbruck University, 1973.
- Remarks
- RELATED MEDIA: EMC_JE_XIX_Sp066LR; RELATED CONSTITUENT(S): Karl Kromer; ALTERNATE NUMBER(S): KK_exc_592