Notched Blade
Unidentified Ancient Egyptian maker
4000-2500 BCE
Flint or chert
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the Estate of Harold Goddard Rugg, Class of 1906
157.25.13971
Geography
Place Made: possibly Thebes, Thebes, Egypt, Northern Africa, Africa
Period
4000-3000 BCE
Object Name
Tools and Equipment: Blade
Research Area
Ancient Egypt
Africa
Not on view
Course History
CLST 20, Prehistoric Greek Archaeology, Julie Hruby, Fall 2019
Classical Studies 20.01, Greek Archaeology: First Hominids to Mycenean Palaces, Julie Hruby, Spring 2023
Provenance
Collected by Harold Goddard Rugg (1883-1957, Class of 1906), Hanover, New Hampshire; given by his Estate to present collection, 1957.
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