Bifacial Sickle Insert
Object type: sickle, insert, element, denticulate, bifacial, tool
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Neolithic Period
Date: ca. 4500–4000 B.C.
Medium: Flint
Dimensions: L. 7.9 × W. 1.9 × Th. 0.8 cm, Wt. 10.9g (3 1/8 × 3/4 × 5/16 in., 0.384oz.)
Geography: From    Egypt Western Delta Merimda Beni Salama
Excavation: Vienna Academy of Science excavations 1929–30
Credit line: Gift of Albert Rothbart, 1933
Accession year: 1933