AN EGYPTIAN FLINT KNIFE

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Lot 78 | AN EGYPTIAN FLINT KNIFE
AN EGYPTIAN FLINT KNIFE

PREDYNASTIC-EARLY DYNASTIC PERIOD, NAQADA II-2ND DYNASTY, CIRCA 3500-2686 B.C.

10 3/16 in. (25.8 cm.) long





Provenance

with Galerie Jean-Roudillon, Paris, 27 February 1968.

Gabriel Sempé (1901-1990), Tarbes, France.

Collection du Docteur Gabriel Sempé; Archéologie, S.V.V. Henri Adam, Tarbes, 30 May 2013, lot 30.



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