Sickle blade set in bitumen for attachment to a handle
Unknown Artist
ca. 2900–2700 BCE
Medium
Flint, bitumen
Dimensions
1.14 x 2.76 in. (2.9 x 7.01 cm)
Classification
Stone-Implements
Culture & Period
Sumerian · Early Dynastic I
Department
Ancient Near Eastern Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1962
Accession Number
62.70.81