M0016545: Three Egyptian flint knives, predynastic

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Egyptian flint knives, predynastic.

Photograph of three Egyptian flint knives, two with a tang. From let to right, one was purchased at auction by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1934 and accessioned in 1939 (accession number R132/1939). The other two were purchased at auction in 1922 and accessioned in 1936 (accession number R4372/1936) and 1939 (accession number R134/1939). None of the items are held by Wellcome Collection.

January 1958

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession registers which provide entries for the items: acc. number R132/1939 and R134/1939 and acc. number R4372/1936

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.