Collection
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Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Curved Knife

ca. 4400–3100 B.C.E.

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Curved Knife, ca. 4400–3100 B.C.E.. Flint, 2 1/2 × 3/8 × 6 15/16 in. (6.4 × 1 × 17.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.83E. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Curved Knife

Date

ca. 4400–3100 B.C.E.

Period

Predynastic Period, or much earlier

Geography

Place made: Egypt

Medium

Flint

Classification

Tool

Dimensions

2 1/2 × 3/8 × 6 15/16 in. (6.4 × 1 × 17.7 cm)

Credit Line

Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund

Accession Number

37.83E

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