Accession No
TEMP.03645
Description
A very fine knife of thin flint worked and with minute serrations along the sides of the leaf-shaped blade.
Place
Africa; North Africa; Egypt; Gebelein
Period
Predynastic
Source
Fox, George James Buscall [collector and donor]; de Rustafjaell, Robert collector]; ?Lawrence, Fabian [?collector and vendor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
TEMP.03645; MAA: 1898.577 [incorrect number]; 442 [Fox No.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; flint
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Related Documents)
No accession number was assigned to the Fox No. 442 when the object-list, in archive GO1/1/25, was created.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Description (Labels & Markings)
A label for 1889.577 has been mistakenly affixed to this object [over part of the Fox marks].
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Description (Labels & Markings)
Object marked 'Egypt. Gebelen. 442.' in blue ink in Fox labelling style.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (References)
Sotherby, Wilkinson, and Hodge. (January 1913). Catalogue of the remaining part of the valuable collections of Egyptian Antiquities formed by Robert de Rustafjaell... which will be sold at auction... on Monday, 20th of January, 1913, and Four Following Days. p. 3. Lot no. 28. pl. V.
Event Date 1/1913
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Description (Physical description)
Sotheby's Catalogue: 'A very fine Knife of thin flint worked and with minute serrations along the sides of the leaf-shaped blade; 7 7/8 in. long... a very fine specimen'
Event Date 1/1913
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (Related Documents)
Extract from the Sotheby's sale appears in the Fox catalogue under number 442. This section begins with '27/1/13 Lawrence' which suggests Fox purchased it from Lawrence who possibly attended the sale. See Doc.547.
Event Date 27/1/1913
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
FM:326631
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