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Description: | Light to dark greyish brown.
Almond to crescent shaped knife. H. O. Forbes has described the group of tools 712 C-Z as "knife-like instruments for killing & flaying animals, scraping hides, and general cutting & piercing purposes".
The tool has been worked on both sides. The working edge runs around the entire tool, has been worked from both faces and is rather sharp.
The tool has been repaired from two halves. Both halves are present, but are no longer joined.
Item has been categorised with a Predynastic Period production date, but the note relating to this group of tools says:-
'Opinions as to date:
Forbes - XIIth Dynasty, some possibly IVth Dynasty: but possibly also some much later than XIIth.
Petrie - Prehistoric'
Material: Stone
Material: Flint | Source: | Manchester Museum | Identifier: | mm.emu.ecatalogue.humanities.526527 | Go to resource |
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