Title: Acute-angled core for blades
Object type: core, blade core, acute-angled blade core
Date: ca. 1981–1640 B.C.
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12-13
Medium: Flint
Dimensions: L. 9.5 × W. 3.4 × Th. 3 cm, Wt. 114.2g (3 3/4 × 1 5/16 × 1 3/16 in., 4.028oz.)
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1909
Geography: From    Egypt Memphite Region Lisht North   MMA excavations, 1908–09 
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY