Bifacial knife with handle
Object type: Knife, bifacial, handle
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Early Dynastic Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 2
Reign: reign of Khasekhemui
Date: ca. 2949 B.C.
Medium: Flint
Dimensions: L: 21.3 cm (8 3/8 in.); diam. 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Northern Upper Egypt Abydos
Locale: Umm el-Qaab
Locus: Tomb of Khasekhemui
Excavation: Egypt Exploration Fund excavations
Credit line: Gift of Egypt Exploration Fund, 1901
Accession year: 1901