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1901.40.11

Flint 'razor' round

1901.40.11

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Collection type
Object
Description
Flint 'razor' round
Long description
Double-ended flint scraper with rounded edges, smooth on one side. [ZM 28/6/2005]
Geographical reference
Egypt
Africa > Northern Africa > Egypt
Abydos, Tomb of Djer
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Ancient Egyptian Early Dynastic
Date collected
By 1901
Acquisition information
Donated: 1901
Materials and processes
Material Flint Stone, Process Ground
Dimensions
Depth: max 4.5 mm, Length: max 61.8 mm, Width: max 32.8 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1901.40.11
Research and responses

Usual transliteration of the name Zer is now Djer - a king of the 1st Dynasty [RW 25/03/02]

Carolyn Graves-Brown, a PhD candidate from UCL visited the collection as part of her research and identified the flint types. A copy of her notes from this visit are in the RDF researcher files. Sent to AS June 2009 but the research was done a few years ago. [AS 10/07/2009]

See RDF for copy of the Egypt Exploration Society's list of objects sent to the PRM from the Abydos excavations [AS 18/07/2012].

Associated publications
Petrie, W.M.F. 1901. The Royal Tombs of the Earliest Dynasties, Part II. London: Egypt Exploration Fund. Although flint tools are discussed primarily in Petrie, W.M.F. 1902. Abydos. Part I. London: Egypt Exploration Fund, page 8 and plate xiv and xv. [AS 07/06/2012]

Search terms: Tool, Death, Religion, Scraper, Grave Good