ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art
Knife
Place CreatedEgypt, Africa
CultureEgyptian
PeriodEarly Dynastic
Date2950-2545 BCE
MediumFlint
Credit LineGift of Dr. Thomas H. English
Dimensions5 5/16 x 1 3/4 in. (13.5 x 4.4 cm)
Object number1961.009
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - February 1999Life and Death in the Pyramid Age: The Emory Old Kingdom Mummy, Michael C. Carlos Museum, September 10 - December 11, 2011
Hall of Ancient Egypt, The Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston, Texas, August 2014 - February 3, 2025
ProvenanceEx coll. Dr. Thomas H. English (1895-1992), Atlanta, Georgia.
Status
Not on viewCollections
- Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art
2950-2306 BCE
4000-2950 BCE
4000-2950 BCE
4000-2950 BCE
4000-2950 BCE
2000-1800 BCE
after 2543 BCE
after 1539 BCE
ca. 2900 BCE
