Accession No
2008.98 E
Description
Curved orange-brown flint, possibly a sickle. The object has one roughly serrated edge, now much dulled. The cortex is visible on the reverse.
Place
Africa; North Africa; ?Sudan; ?Egypt
Period
?Predynastic Period ?Old Kingdom ?Middle Kingdom ?New Kingdom ?Late Period ?Ptolemaic Period ?Roman Period
Source
Oriental Studies
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
2008.98 E
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; Flint
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
The object was part of a box of items, all being flint (2008.98 B-F) with the exception of a glass head bead (2008.98 A). A label in the box reads 'Flints' on one side in embossed writing. On the other side is a stamp franked 'May 24 98'; the second half of a word handwritten in blank ink can also be seen, reading '...llo'.
Event Date 23/5/2016
Author: Ben Hinson
Context (CMS Context)
On the obverse, in black ink, is written '[NU?]', possibly 'NUBIA'. More writing is written in pencil beside and below this, although this is now faded and the words illegible.
Event Date 23/5/2016
Author: Ben Hinson
Description (CMS Description)
Curved orange-brown flint, possibly a sickle. The object has one roughly serrated edge, now much dulled. The cortex is visible on the reverse.
Event Date 23/5/2016
Author: Ben Hinson
FM:269419
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