Flake

1973.2.252a

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Worked flint flake. Marked in pencil 746 A'09. John Garstang noted "Flints etc. in surface" of this grave. Grave 746 also contained an Old Kingdom Egyptian alabaster cosmetic vessel (World Museum 1977.109.64) and "Fragments of glaze fragments". CONDITION NOTE (1998): Worn, surface dirt. Catalogue of the MacGregor Collection of Egyptian Antiquities (Sotheby’s 26 June – 3 July 1922), Lot 1134: Seventeen miscellaneous flint Implements, comprising nine Lance-heads and Chisels, some with serrated edges; ranging from 41/4in to 2in long; found at Abydos (1909) and other places.