Bifacial Sickle Insert
Object type: sickle, insert, denticulate, bifacial, tool, element
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Probably Neolithic–Predynastic Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 19–20
Date: ca. 6900–3100 B.C.
Medium: Flint
Dimensions: L. 8.3 × W. 2.9 × Th. 0.8 cm, Wt. 22.2g (3 1/4 × 1 1/8 × 5/16 in., 0.783oz.)
Geography: From    Egypt Memphite Region Lisht North
Locale: Cemetery
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1915–16
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1915
Accession year: 1915