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Brown flint tools, one teardrop-shaped and one comma-shaped knife.

Size: 11.2 cm L - 4 3/8 inches and 7.1 cm L - 2 3/4 inches 
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.

Ancient Egypt, Pre Dynastic Flint Pair of Tools

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