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English: Elephant ivory and flint ritual knife decorated with 227 animals, Naqada III period, originally from Tomb 32, Abu Zaidan, Egypt, now on display at the Brooklyn Museum
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Source Ritual knife, Brooklyn Museum
Author Brooklyn Museum

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Elephant ivory and flint ritual knife from predynastic Egypt

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7 January 2013