Flint saw. [CW 17/11/99]

Collection type: Object
Description: Flint saw. [CW 17/11/99]
Geographical reference: Egypt
Africa > Northern Africa > Egypt; El Amrah
Person: Field collector David Randall MacIver; PRM source Committee of the Egypt Exploration Fund
Date / Period: Date made: 5500-3100 BC Archaeological period: Ancient Egyptian Predynastic
Date collected: By 1901
Acquisition information: Donated: 1901
Materials and processes: Material Flint Stone, Process Flaked, Process Retouched
Dimensions: Width: max 14 mm, Length: max 79 mm, Thick: max 4 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1901.29.121 Other numbers: B, 53
Research and responses: The Pitt Rivers Museum received a number of flint implements from Randall MacIver's work at el Amrah because the Pitt Rivers Museum's curator, Henry Balfour, was asked to comment on them. His account of 'the entire series' was published on pages 44-46 of the 1902 excavation report. [AS 15/06/2012]
According to the British Museum Dictionary of Ancient Egypt by Ian Shaw and Paul Nicholson the Predynastic period is from 5500-3100 BC. [MJD (Verve) 17/10/2016]
Associated publications: Randall MacIver and Mace, A. (1902) El Amrah and Abydos 1899-1901. London: Egypt Exploration Society. [AS 07/06/2012]

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