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Brown flint sickle blade knife. Ancient Egyptian flint knives were used for ritual and one of mummification tools,  some were used as weapons

Size: 13.5 cm L - 5 5/16 inch
Material: Flint
Culture: Egypt, Pre-Dynastic Period, c. 5th-4th Millennium B.C.
Condition: Intact


Provenance: From the private collection of Sydney Horne, 1920s-1940s.

Literature: Cf. Aufrère, S., Collections des Musées départementaux de Seine-Maritime, Rouen, 1987, pp.188-190, for comparable examples. 
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Egypt, Pre-Dynastic Period, c. 5th-4th Millennium B.C. - Egypt

Ancient Egypt, Pre Dynastic Flint Sickle Knife

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