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1 of 1 • Flints from Menkaure valley temple and subsidiary pyramid G III-a temple (1910): [from top to bottom] left: MFA 11.776 + MFA 11.777 (two fragments of knife), __-__-__ (knife), MFA 11.780 (knife), MFA 11.794 (knife), __-__-__ (knife); center: __-__-__ (blade, upper), MFA 11.792 (knife, lower); right: MFA 11.839, MFA 11.787, MFA 11.788, __-__-__
Flints from Menkaure valley temple and subsidiary pyramid G III-a temple (1910): [from top to bottom] left: MFA 11.776 + MFA 11.777 (two fragments of knife), __-__-__ (knife), MFA 11.780 (knife), MFA 11.794 (knife), __-__-__ (knife); center: __-__-__ (blade, upper), MFA 11.792 (knife, lower); right: MFA 11.839, MFA 11.787, MFA 11.788, __-__-__
Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple, G III-a temple
Tan flint scraper; abraded edges.
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- ID
- MFAB_11.839
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- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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- Classification
- Tools & Equipment-Knives, Blades, Scrapers
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- Findspot
- Menkaure Valley Temple (MVT / I 38 sub)
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- Material
- Flint
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- Dimensions
- Overall: 9 x 1 cm (3 9/16 x 3/8 in.)
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- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Object Ownership Information
- MFA
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- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
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- Notes
- This object was excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, but was not recorded in any object register book. Excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1911: assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt. (Accession date: March 2, 1911)
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- Site Name Menkaure Pyramid Complex
