Bifacial Sickle Insert
Object type: sickle, element, denticulate, bifacial, tool
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Neolithic Period, Buto–Merimda–Maadi
Date: ca. 4500–4000 B.C.
Medium: Flint
Dimensions: L. 10.4 × W. 3.3 × Th. 1.1 cm, Wt. 39.5g (4 1/16 × 1 5/16 × 7/16 in., 1.393oz.)
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