The Global Egyptian Museum

Like numerous other flint artefacts found on the same site, this lovely bifacial knife blade, whose very high degree of finish is an indication of remarkable stone cutting skill, dates to the 13th Dynasty. It indicates that at the end of the Middle Kingdom, the Egyptians still widely used stone tools and weapons even though they knew about bronze for a long time. The flint used here is not a local stone, most probably it came from the Theban region.

Comme d'autres artefacts en silex trouvés sur le même site, cette très belle lame de couteau à retouche bifaciale, dont le haut degré de finition indique une maîtrise remarquable de la taille de la pierre, date de la XIIIème Dynastie. Elle montre qu'à la fin du Moyen Empire, les &Eacute;gyptiens, qui connaissaient depuis longtemps le bronze, utilisaient encore à grande échelle des armes et outils en pierre. Le silex utilisé n'est pas une roche locale. Il provient sans nul doute de la région thébaine.

Like numerous other flint artefacts found on the same site, this lovely bifacial knife blade, whose very high degree of finish is an indication of remarkable stone cutting skill, dates to the 13th Dynasty. It indicates that at the end of the Middle Kingdom, the Egyptians still widely used stone tools and weapons even though they knew about bronze for a long time. The flint used here is not a local stone, most probably it came from the Theban region.

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