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Ripple-Flaked Knife

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Accession: 99.4.1
Find spot: Abadiya, Northern Upper Egypt, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Predynastic Period
Date: ca. 3850–2960 B.C.
Date range: 3850 BCE – 2960 BCE
Materials: ['flint']
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), Ripple-Flaked Knife (99.4.1). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/216752

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Predynastic Period, ca. 3850–2960 B.C. Flint. L. 29.8 cm (11 3/4 in.); W. 6.7 cm (2 5/8 in.). From: Cemetery B, Tomb B217, Abadiya, Northern Upper Egypt, Egypt. Excavation: EEF excavations 1898–99. Credit: Gift of Egypt Exploration Fund, 1899.

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Found at Abadiya

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