Knife

Museum number:
6-528
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.54
Description:
Large flint knife; one end shaped into a handle
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Tomb 1581 (81), Cemetery 1500, Naga-ed-Der
Verbatim coll. place:
Cemetery 1500
Culture or time period:
1st Dynasty of Egypt (ca. 3000–2890 BC)
Collector:
George Andrew Reisner
Collection date:
1901
Materials:
Flint (rock)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Knives (stone tools)
Accession date:
October 8, 1902
Department:
Ancient Egypt
Loans:
S1961-1962 #20: Art Department (UC Berkeley) (September 25, 1961–November 15, 1961), S1962-1963 #6: Art Department (UC Berkeley) (August 3, 1962–February 1, 1963), S1963-1964 #14: Department of Art History (UC Berkeley)/Darrell Arlynn Amyx (September 16, 1963–November 6, 1963), S1963-1964 #95: Department of Art History (UC Berkeley) (June 24, 1964–September 10, 1964), S1964-1965 #15: Department of Art History (UC Berkeley)/Darrell Arlynn Amyx (September 10, 1964–November 5, 1964), and S1982-1983 #31: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (March 1, 1983–March 9, 1983)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 6-528, described as Large flint knife; one end shaped into a handle

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