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1903.22.3

Sickle blade.

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1903.22.3

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Collection type
Object
Description
Sickle blade.
Long description
Iron sickle blade. The blade is curved and serrated on the inside edge. The handle end has a band around the blade and cross piece of iron. [MJD (Verve) 20/6/2016]
Geographical reference
Egypt
Africa > Northern Africa > Egypt
Abydos Shunet El Zebib
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Roman
Date collected
1902 - 1903
Acquisition information
Donated: 1903
Materials and processes
Material Iron Metal
Dimensions
Length x Width x Depth: max 250 x 100 x 27 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1903.22.3
Research and responses

Shuneh Fort is also known as Shunet El Zebib. [Dan Hicks 2/3/2017]

See RDF for a copy of a letter sent by Henry Balfour to the Egypt Exploration Fund thanking them for the donation of objects from Petrie's excavation in 1902-03: "The specimens are of considerable interest to me, & will find suitable positions in the Museum series. I am particularly interested in the ape figures & the natural flints found with them... again with many thanks for the interesting accessions to my series." [AS 18/07/2012]

Associated publications
Petrie, W.M.F. 1903. Abydos Part II. London: Egypt Exploration Fund. [AS 15/06/2012]

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