Accession No
1898.577
Description
A very beautiful knife of chert: spindle shaped, flat, both surfaces finely flaked with serrated edges.
Place
Africa; North Africa; Egypt; Naqada
Period
Predynastic
Source
Green, Frederick William [collector]; Petrie, William Matthew Flinders [collector]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1898.577
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; Flint
Local Term
Measurements
17mm x 95mm
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in blue ink: 'Egypt Ge[b?]elen 442'.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn
Description (Labels & Markings)
The label for this objects has been adhered to TEMP.03645. This object is assigned to Buscall Fox and is too short to be 1898.577.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Description (Labels & Markings)
Label affixed to object reads: '98.577. Negada; Upper Egypt. (Pre-dynastic). Mrs W.K. Foster 1893'.
Event Date 1893
Author: Imogen Gunn
Context (Related Documents)
Accession Register notes: 'Predynastic (4500-4000 BC). Nagada, Upper Egypt, 1898. Bought (by F.W. Green for Museum) from Prof. Flinders Petrie B. £16' [total, along with 1898.578].
Event Date 1898
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Flint knife in elongated diamond shape with finely serrated edges.
Event Date 2/5/2014
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
A very beautiful knife of chert: spindle shaped, flat, both surfaces finely flaked with serrated edges.
Event Date 2/5/2014
Author: maa
Context (Amendments / updates)
The Source field previously stated 'Foster, Walter Kidman (Mrs) [donor]; Petrie, W. M. Flinders [collector]'. But, according to the Accession Register, this is in relation to 1898.578. The Accession Register stated 1898.577 was bought by Frederick William Green for the museum From William Matthew Flinders Petrie. The Source field has been amended to reflect this.
Event Date 10/4/2025
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
FM:267600
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