Stone tool: flint knife
Flint knife; both sides roughly chipped. Illustration: Yes
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- ID
- HUMFA_12-12-31
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- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Classification
- Tools & Equipment-Knives, Blades, Scrapers
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- Findspot
- [G 2382] [(originally thought to be a tomb, but now known to be a jumbled deposit of limestone blocks from other nearby tombs)], [Senedjemib complex court], NE quarter of court in sand
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- Material
- Flint
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- Dimensions
- Width: 5 cm Length: 14.8 cm
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- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Object Ownership Information
- MFA accession number: 13.3454
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- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 6
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- Date of Register Entry
- 12/07/1912
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- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified
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- Site Name Western Cemetery
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Markowitz, Yvonne J., Joyce L. Haynes, and Rita E. Freed. Egypt in the Age of the Pyramids: Highlights from the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Expedition. Boston: MFA Publications, 2002, p. 122, cat. 54b.