Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple, G III-a temple
Large piece of tan flint knife tip; belongs with MFA 11.776.
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- ID
- MFAB_11.777
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- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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- Classification
- Tools & Equipment-Knives, Blades, Scrapers
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- Findspot
- Subsidiary pyramid G III-a temple (MQT)
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- Material
- Flint
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- Dimensions
- Overall: 7.5 x 0.7 x 5.4 cm (2 15/16 x 1/4 x 2 1/8 in.)
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- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Object Ownership Information
- MFA
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- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
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- 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)
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- Site Name Menkaure Pyramid Complex
ID: HUMFA_A419_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple, G III-a temple
Description: Flints from Menkaure valley temple and subsidiary pyramid G III-a temple (1910): [from top to bottom] left: MFA 11.776 + MFA 11.777 (two fragments of knife), __-__-__ (knife), MFA 11.780 (knife), MFA 11.794 (knife), __-__-__ (knife); center: __-__-__ (blade, upper), MFA 11.792 (knife, lower); right: MFA 11.839, MFA 11.787, MFA 11.788, __-__-__