Knife, between 26th and 21st century BCE

  • Egyptian

Chipped chert

  • Overall: 5 3/4 × 2 3/8 × 3/8 inches (14.6 × 6 × 1 cm)

Gift of the Mendes Excavation

80.71

excavated at (Mendes in the Eastern Nile Delta by the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University - American Research Center in Egypt excavations, Donald P. Hansen, Director)

1980-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Mendes Excavation Number 2M4.

Egyptian, Knife, between 26th and 21st century BCE, chipped chert. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Mendes Excavation, 80.71.