Flint knife or spearhead, often referred to as a Peseshkef knife by Egyptologists. Ripple flaked with finely serrated forked end resembling a fishtail. The pointed end would have been hafted to a handle. An article by Ann Macy Roth in 'The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology' vol. 78 discusses the possible ritual nature of such a tool. 

Marked in pencil 1233 neqada. Marked in ink 1233. Paper label stuck to surface. Excavated by Flinders Petrie at Naqada tomb number 1233 during the winter of 1894-5 for the Egyptian Research Account.

See 'The Flint Implements of Naqada' by F. C. J. Spurrell in Petrie and Quibell, 'Naqada and Ballas' (London, 1896) pp. 55-59, pl. LXXIII no. 63 (grave 1233). See, A M Roth, 'The psS-kf and the "opening of the mouth" ceremony', JEA 78 (1992), pp. 113-147, fig. 4 [a].

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Flint knife or spearhead, often referred to as a Peseshkef knife by Egyptologists. Ripple flaked with finely serrated forked end resembling a fishtail. The pointed end would have been hafted to a handle. An article by Ann Macy Roth in 'The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology' vol. 78 discusses the possible ritual nature of such a tool. Marked in pencil 1233 neqada. Marked in ink 1233. Paper label stuck to surface. Excavated by Flinders Petrie at Naqada tomb number 1233 during the winter of 1894-5 for the Egyptian Research Account. See 'The Flint Implements of Naqada' by F. C. J. Spurrell in Petrie and Quibell, 'Naqada and Ballas' (London, 1896) pp. 55-59, pl. LXXIII no. 63 (grave 1233). See, A M Roth, 'The psS-kf and the "opening of the mouth" ceremony', JEA 78 (1992), pp. 113-147, fig. 4 [a].

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