id:			94126
accession number:	1914.672
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1914.672
updated:		2024-03-26 01:56:06.371000

Rhomboidal Knife, 4500–3500 BCE. Egypt, Predynastic (5000–2950 BCE), Naqada Ia–b (3900–3500 BCE). Light brown flint; overall: 4 cm (1 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1914.672

title:				Rhomboidal Knife
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creation date:			4500–3500 BCE
creation date earliest:		-4500
creation date latest:		-3500
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creditline:			Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
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culture:	Egypt, Predynastic (5000–2950 BCE), Naqada Ia–b (3900–3500 BCE)
technique:	light brown flint
department:	Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection:	Egypt - Predynastic
type:		Implements
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measurements: Overall: 4 cm (1 9/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'CMA 1916, no. 147, p. 223', 'opening_date': '1916-01-01T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Purchased from Moham-med Mohasseb and Son, Luxor, by Lucy Olcott Perkins through Henry W. Kent, 14 May 1913
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CITATIONS

	Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač.<em> Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 116; Mentioned: p. 116-117
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