Subject: priest
Culture: Naqada / Pre-Dynastic Egyptian
Setting: Late Neolithic, Egypt 3400-3100 BC
Object: knife
Royal Ontario Museum > Gallery of Africa -- Egypt *
* Brooklyn Museum > Egypt
"Ritual Knife Elephant ivory, flint Predynastic Period, Naqada III, circa 3300-3100 B.C. From Abu Zaidan ...
"The ivory handle of this superbly crafted knife includes a thumbrest for a right-handed user. Carved rows of miniscule animals -- including elephants, lions, a giraffe, and sheep -- cover both surfaces of the handle. An artisan polished the flint blade on one side and delicately flaked the other to make a cutting edge."
* Lithic Casting Lab
Museum of Fine Arts > Art of the Ancient World *
"Ripple-flaked knife Egypt (said to be from Naqada) About 3850-3650 BC [SIC] Flint ..."
