Fragment of a fishtail knife
Object type: Knife, fishtail, bifacial knife
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Predynastic Period
Date: ca. 4500–4000 B.C. (?)
Medium: Flint
Dimensions: L. 9.7 cm (3 13/16 in.); w. 5.6 cm (2 3/16 in.)
Geography: From|Probably from  |  Egypt Northern Upper Egypt Deir el-Ballas
Credit line: Gift of Albert M. Lythgoe, 1917
Accession year: 1917