Object: Knife
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Private Collection,D. Sams, Esq., Late of Luxor, Egypt,(Sotheby's 23.v.21, Lot. No. 46)
Site: Egypt,Thebes + Karnak,Karnak
Discovery context: auction
Country: Egypt
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 124
Width (mm): blade - nearly 17.5; tang 6, 3.25
Thickness (mm): tang nearly 4 (thickest); blade 3
Weight (g): 20.15 (slightly under 13 Dwt)
Patina: A light green corroded patina with tiny pieces of stone encrusted in it.
Surface: A little rough
Description: The tang is rectangular in section + on both sides. Traces of hafting (wood) remains. The sketch shows a mid-rib on blade, but this is very indistinct owing to heavy corrosion.