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Flint knife blade
- Made:
- 1000-400 BCE in Egypt
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Flint knife blade, for opening the abdomen of the dead for evisceration prior to embalming, unsigned, Egyptian, 1000BC-400BC.
Details
- Category:
- Classical & Medieval Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A17318
- Materials:
- flint and incomplete
- Measurements:
-
overall: 42 mm x 172 mm x 14 mm,
- type:
- knife
- credit:
- Sotheby's