Digital Giza | Stone tool: flint spear head (?)

Flint, part of knife or spear head; [tapered to point at one end, bifacially retouched, one edge denticulated, dark greyish brown]. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: ca 1:1

ID

HUMFA_27-4-899
Department

Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification

Warfare, hunting & fishing-Archery, spears, javelins
Findspot

Street G 7400, debris E of mastaba G 7450, W of mastaba G 7530-7540: G 7530
Material

Flint
Dimensions

Width: max: 2.5 cm Length: 11.2 cm
Credit Line

Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Object Ownership Information

MFA accession number: 27.1910
Date of Register Entry

04/04/1927
Problems/Questions

MFA accession number verified

G 7450
- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
G 7530-7540
- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
Street G 7400
- Site Name Eastern Cemetery

A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 12: The Funerary Equipment Found in Burial Chambers: Miscellaneous Objects, Page 509
- ID: HUMFA_27-4-899
A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 12: The Funerary Equipment Found in Burial Chambers: Miscellaneous Objects, Page 509 (alternate version)
- ID: HUMFA_27-4-899

Stone tool: flint spear head (?)

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