Ritual Knife | Photos by Tales from the Two Lands

Ritual Knife

Made of flint with an elephant ivory handle carved with rows of animals.

From Abu Zaidan.

Predynastic Period, Naqada III, c. 3300-3100 BCE.

Acc. No.: 09.889.118

Bowl with Hippopotami

Bowl with Hippopotami

Bowl with Hippopotami

Frog Shaped Stone Jar

Greywacke Palette with the Form of Two Birds' Heads and Ostrich Carvings

Greywacke Palette with the Form of Two Birds' Heads and Ostrich Carvings

Dish in the Form of a Trussed Goose

Vessel in the Form of a Duck

Stone Vessel in the Shape of a Lotus Blossom

Three Palettes in the Shape of Fish

D-Ware Vessel with Painted Hills

Black-topped Redware Jar with Sculpted Lizard Decoration

D-Ware Vessel with Wavy Line Decoration

Shard from a Black-topped Red Ware Jar with White-Painted Decoration of Sheep and a Dog with a Collar

Palette in the Shape of a Sheep with Inlaid Eyes

Palette in the Shape of a Sheep with Inlaid Eyes

Amulet in the "Bull Head" Form with Inlaid Eyes

D-Ware Pot Decorated with Water, Gazelles, Desert Hills and Trees

Figure of a Falcon

Black-topped Red-ware Vessel with Rivet Holes

Shallow Bowl with a Ripple Finish

Two Black-topped Red Ware Vessels With a Model Vessel (left)

Small Black-topped Red Ware Vessel

Clay Seal Impression Depicting Rows of Birds

Fragment of an Ivory Label

Pear Shaped Macehead

Limestone Lug Handled Jar

Three Stone Lug-Handled Jars (Left) Plus Two Ceramic Lug-handled Jars Painted to Look Like Stone (Right)

One Stone Jar (left) and one Ceramic Lug-handled Jar Painted to Look Like Stone

Carved Soapstone Vessel with Blue Glaze and Decoration Imitating Basketwork

Vase with Painted String Decoration

D-Ware Vessel with Decoration of Two Boats with Male & Female Figures at the Prows

D-Ware Pot Decorated with Two Boats, With Gazelles in the Boat

Pottery Model of a Boat

Pottery Model of a Boat

Greywacke Ceremonial Knife in Shape of Bird Wing

Three D-Ware Vases with Wavy Decoration (Two with Wavy Handles)

Rock Crystal Dish

Ivory Wand or Penis Sheath

Ivory Figurines

Fragments of Painted Pottery from the Aegean

Bone or Shell Bangles, with Garstang's Original Excavation Card

Palette in the Shape of a Fish

Palette in the Shape of a Fish

Palette in the Shape of a Fish

Palette with Inlaid Eyes

Rectangular Palette with Rubbing Stone

Pottery Sherd with Serekh

A Jar With an Ink Inscription Naming Narmer

Sherd of a Pot with a Red Crown Motif

Two Female Figurines and a Clay Seal with the Name of Neithhotep in a Serekh

Female Figurine

Female Figurine

Female Figurine

Fragment of an Ivory Box

Pot Sherd with Incised Serekh Topped by an Ibis

The Lapis Lazuli Lady

The Lapis Lazuli Lady

The Lapis Lazuli Lady

The Lapis Lazuli Lady

Ivory Figurines

Ivory Figurines

Ivory Figurines

Game Pieces Shaped Like Lions

Game Pieces Shaped Like Lions

Labels from Tomb U-j

Pottery Vessel Decorated with Ring of People

Pottery Vessel Decorated with Ring of People

Ceramic Mask from Hierakonpolis

Clay Head from Merimde Beni Salama

Objects from a Child's Tomb

Obsidian Fishtail Blade

Mace Heads with Male Faces

Mace Heads with Male Faces

Beaker with Nile River Scene

Beaker with Nile River Scene

Jars with Lizards

Plate Depicting a Man on Boat Alongside a Hippo & a Crocodile

Incised Ware Bowl

Box with Flamingo Design

Jar with Flamingos

Large Jar with Boats and Figures

Large Jar with Boat Procession & Animals in Landscape

Large Jar with Boat Procession & Animals in Landscape

Handle of a Ceremonial Knife

Carved Ceremonial Palette

Ornamental Comb

Ornamental Comb

Handle of a Ceremonial Knife

Cylinder Seal & (Modern) Impression

Chair or Bed Leg

Bowl Shaped Like a Hieroglyph

Libation Dish Shaped Like the Hieroglyphs "ka" and "ankh"

Libation Dish Shaped Like the Hieroglyphs "ka" and "ankh"

Lion Gaming Pieces

Frog and Crocodile

Hippo, Frog and Crocodile

Human Figurines

Lion Cub Statue

Terracotta Figure of a Lion

Figure of a Male Child with a Figure of a Standing Man in the Background

Figure of a Scorpion

Figures of Four Frogs, a Hippo and a Pig

Cosmetic Dish in the Form of a Tilapia Fish

Ivory Male Statuette

Hippopotamus Tusk with Carved Head

Palette in the Form of a Bird

Amulet in the Shape of a Bull's Head

Female Figure with Upraised Arms

Female & Male Figurines

Jar with Boat Designs

Female Figure with Upraised Arms

Jar with Zigzag Panels

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32ndCenturyBCE 33rdCenturyBCE 4thMillenniumBCE AncientEgypt Brooklyn BrooklynMuseum Ivory Knife Museum NaqadaIII NewYork PredynasticPeriod USA

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