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<em>Small Double-Edged Knife Blade</em>, ca. 2675-2170 B.C.E. Bronze, 11/16 x 5 7/8 in. (1.8 x 14.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.286E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.286E_view01.jpg)
Small Double-Edged Knife Blade, ca. 2675-2170 B.C.E. Bronze, 11/16 x 5 7/8 in. (1.8 x 14.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.286E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.286E_view01.jpg)
<em>Small Double-Edged Knife Blade</em>, ca. 2675-2170 B.C.E. Bronze, 11/16 x 5 7/8 in. (1.8 x 14.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.286E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.286E_view01.jpg)

Small Double-Edged Knife Blade, ca. 2675-2170 B.C.E. Bronze, 11/16 x 5 7/8 in. (1.8 x 14.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.286E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.286E_view01.jpg)

<em>Small Double-Edged Knife Blade</em>, ca. 2675-2170 B.C.E. Bronze, 11/16 x 5 7/8 in. (1.8 x 14.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.286E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.286E_view02.jpg)

Small Double-Edged Knife Blade, ca. 2675-2170 B.C.E. Bronze, 11/16 x 5 7/8 in. (1.8 x 14.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.286E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.286E_view02.jpg)

<em>Small Double-Edged Knife Blade</em>, ca. 2675-2170 B.C.E. Bronze, 11/16 x 5 7/8 in. (1.8 x 14.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.286E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.37.286E_37.1994E_NegID_37.286E_GRPA_bw.jpg)

Small Double-Edged Knife Blade, ca. 2675-2170 B.C.E. Bronze, 11/16 x 5 7/8 in. (1.8 x 14.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.286E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.37.286E_37.1994E_NegID_37.286E_GRPA_bw.jpg)

<em>Small Double-Edged Knife Blade</em>, ca. 2675-2170 B.C.E. Bronze, 11/16 x 5 7/8 in. (1.8 x 14.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.286E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.37.286E_NegID_37.286E_GRPA_cropped_bw.jpg)

Small Double-Edged Knife Blade, ca. 2675-2170 B.C.E. Bronze, 11/16 x 5 7/8 in. (1.8 x 14.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.286E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.37.286E_NegID_37.286E_GRPA_cropped_bw.jpg)

<em>Small Double-Edged Knife Blade</em>, ca. 2675-2170 B.C.E. Bronze, 11/16 x 5 7/8 in. (1.8 x 14.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.286E. 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, 11/16 x 5 7/8 in. (1.8 x 14.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.286E. 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
  • Place Made: Egypt
    • DATES ca. 2675-2170 B.C.E.
    PERIOD Old Kingdom (possibly)
    DIMENSIONS 11/16 x 5 7/8 in. (1.8 x 14.9 cm) 3 1/8 × 9/16 × 1/16 in. (8 × 1.4 × 0.2 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 37.286E
    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, 11/16 x 5 7/8 in. (1.8 x 14.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.286E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.286E_view01.jpg)
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    <em>Small Double-Edged Knife Blade</em>, ca. 2675-2170 B.C.E. Bronze, 11/16 x 5 7/8 in. (1.8 x 14.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.286E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.286E_view01.jpg)

    TAGS

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

    TAGS

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

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