Flint flake
- Accession Number
- AR50/2847
- Current Location
- In storage
- Object Type
- Implements and utensils, Domestic equipment and utensils, Knife/blade
- Material
- Stone/minerals (Flint)
- Provenance
- Egypt, Armant, Surface find 2000
- Measurements
- Length: 65mm | Width: 50mm | Depth: 7mm
- Number of Elements
- 1
Licensing details
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- Description
-
A buff patinated flint flake, which is probably part of a bifacial knife. One edge is straight, the other is curved, coming to a point, although it is broken at both ends. The rougher retouch along the lower edge may be due to re-sharpening, showing that the sharpener was right-handed. It originates from Armant.
- Other Identity
- 2000T
- Previous Owners
- Egypt Exploration Society | University College London
- Excavation Details
-
Excavated by the Egypt Exploration Society at Armant during the 1936–37 season.
- Acquisition
- Assumed long-term loan, The Wellcome Trust (15 Feb 1971)
- Last modified: 05 Mar 2021