Knife

1973.2.258

Information

Flint knife, a type with a handle, but now broken. Marked in pencil 40. Note on the record card, "Probably Abydos cemetery, see ABYDOS I 1902 pls. XVIII-XIX. Number in pencil on knife corresponds in this series. CONDITION NOTE (1998): Surface dirt. Catalogue of the MacGregor Collection of Egyptian Antiquities (Sotheby’s 26 June – 3 July 1922) Lot 1119: Five flint Knives and Spear-heads, two with serrated edge, ranging from 51/4 in to 31/2 in long.