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<em>Small Double-Edged Knife Blade</em>, ca. 2675–2170 B.C.E. Bronze, silver, 4 3/16 × 9/16 × 1/16 in. (10.7 × 1.5 × 0.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.289E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.289E_view01.jpg)
Small Double-Edged Knife Blade, ca. 2675–2170 B.C.E. Bronze, silver, 4 3/16 × 9/16 × 1/16 in. (10.7 × 1.5 × 0.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.289E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.289E_view01.jpg)
<em>Small Double-Edged Knife Blade</em>, ca. 2675–2170 B.C.E. Bronze, silver, 4 3/16 × 9/16 × 1/16 in. (10.7 × 1.5 × 0.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.289E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.289E_view01.jpg)

Small Double-Edged Knife Blade, ca. 2675–2170 B.C.E. Bronze, silver, 4 3/16 × 9/16 × 1/16 in. (10.7 × 1.5 × 0.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.289E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.289E_view01.jpg)

<em>Small Double-Edged Knife Blade</em>, ca. 2675–2170 B.C.E. Bronze, silver, 4 3/16 × 9/16 × 1/16 in. (10.7 × 1.5 × 0.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.289E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.289E_NegA_SL4.jpg)

Small Double-Edged Knife Blade, ca. 2675–2170 B.C.E. Bronze, silver, 4 3/16 × 9/16 × 1/16 in. (10.7 × 1.5 × 0.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.289E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.289E_NegA_SL4.jpg)

<em>Small Double-Edged Knife Blade</em>, ca. 2675–2170 B.C.E. Bronze, silver, 4 3/16 × 9/16 × 1/16 in. (10.7 × 1.5 × 0.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.289E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.289E_view02.jpg)

Small Double-Edged Knife Blade, ca. 2675–2170 B.C.E. Bronze, silver, 4 3/16 × 9/16 × 1/16 in. (10.7 × 1.5 × 0.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.289E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.289E_view02.jpg)

<em>Small Double-Edged Knife Blade</em>, ca. 2675–2170 B.C.E. Bronze, silver, 4 3/16 × 9/16 × 1/16 in. (10.7 × 1.5 × 0.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.289E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 37.1677E_.463E_.281E_.1662E_.464E_.288E_.290E_.286E_.289E_.1669E_.1693E_.300E_.301E_.299E_.298E_.1679E_GRPB_film_bw.jpg)

Small Double-Edged Knife Blade, ca. 2675–2170 B.C.E. Bronze, silver, 4 3/16 × 9/16 × 1/16 in. (10.7 × 1.5 × 0.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.289E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 37.1677E_.463E_.281E_.1662E_.464E_.288E_.290E_.286E_.289E_.1669E_.1693E_.300E_.301E_.299E_.298E_.1679E_GRPB_film_bw.jpg)

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Small Double-Edged Knife Blade

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Bronze, silver
  • Reportedly From: Saqqara, Egypt
    • DATES ca. 2675–2170 B.C.E.
    PERIOD Old Kingdom
    DIMENSIONS 4 3/16 × 9/16 × 1/16 in. (10.7 × 1.5 × 0.2 cm) Tang: 1 in. (2.5 cm) Blade: 5/16 x 3 1/8 in. (0.8 x 8 cm) 9/16 x 4 1/8 in. (1.5 x 10.5 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 37.289E
    CREDIT LINE Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Small Double-Edged Knife Blade, ca. 2675–2170 B.C.E. Bronze, silver, 4 3/16 × 9/16 × 1/16 in. (10.7 × 1.5 × 0.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.289E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.289E_view01.jpg)
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    <em>Small Double-Edged Knife Blade</em>, ca. 2675–2170 B.C.E. Bronze, silver, 4 3/16 × 9/16 × 1/16 in. (10.7 × 1.5 × 0.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.289E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.289E_view01.jpg)

    TAGS

    double-edge
    blade
    knife
    bronze
    silver
    Old Kingdom
    New York Historic Society Collection
    Egypt
    Egyptian
    Warfare

    TAGS

    double-edge
    blade
    knife
    bronze
    silver
    Old Kingdom
    New York Historic Society Collection
    Egypt
    Egyptian
    Warfare

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