Bifacial knife with handle

Early Dynastic Period

ca. 3100–2649 B.C.

Not on view

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Title: Bifacial knife with handle
Period: Early Dynastic Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 1–2
Date: ca. 3100–2649 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Northern Upper Egypt, Abydos, Osiris Temple precinct, Egypt Exploration Fund excavations
Medium: Flint
Dimensions: L. 12.4 × W. 4.4 × Th. 1 cm (4 7/8 × 1 3/4 × 3/8 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Egypt Exploration Fund, 1902
Object Number: 02.4.226
Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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