Bifacial Knife
Neolithic Period, Buto–Merimda–Maadi
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Title: Bifacial Knife
Period: Neolithic Period, Buto–Merimda–Maadi
Date: ca. 4500–4000 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Western Delta, Merimda Beni Salama, Vienna Academy of Science excavations 1929–30
Medium: Flint
Dimensions: L: 8 cm (3 1/8 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Albert Rothbart, 1933
Object Number: 33.4.24
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