Blade inscribed for the Overseer of Upper Egypt Idi
Unknown Artist
ca. 2100 B.C.
Medium
unalloyed copper
Dimensions
L. 38.5 cm (15 3/16 in); greatest w. 5 cm (1 15/16 in); greatest th. 0.45 (3/16 in) wgt. 185 gms
Classification
Blade
Period
First Intermediate Period
Department
Egyptian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1929
Accession Number
29.2.8