Small Knife

Medium: Bronze

Geograhical Locations:

• Abusir, Egypt

Dates:305–30 B.C.E.

Dimensions: 1/2 × 1/16 × 4 5/8 in. (1.3 cm, 2mm, 11.8 cm)

Collections:

• Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Accession Number: 37.452E

Image: CUR.37.452E_view01.jpg,

Catalogue Description:
Small bronze single-edged, self-handled knife with straight edge, found bound with scribe's palette and five pens. (Outline resembles the reed feather hieroglyph.) Found with 37.451Ea-h. Condition: Beige to gray in color, with large areas of green. Bent slightly near handle end of blade.

Brooklyn Museum