Bifacial Sickle Insert
Object type: sickle, element, denticulate, bifacial, tool
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Neolithic Period
Date: ca. 4500–4000 B.C.
Medium: Flint
Dimensions: L. 9.3 × W. 2.9 × Th. 0.9 cm, Wt. 28.4g (3 11/16 × 1 1/8 × 5/16 in., 1.002oz.)
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