Sickle, flint blades re-fixed on wood in modern... Lot 9
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Sickle, flint blades re-fixed on wood in modern times. An unusually shaped implement of this type is in the Berlin Museum (19475), and a drawing in J.G. Wilkinson, A popular account of the Ancient Egyptians, vol. II, p. 50 (London 1978) shows peasants harvesting with a similar implement in a scene from a Theban tomb.
Egypt, probably New Kingdom.
Length: 39.5 cm
Certificate Galerie Hier et Ailleurs 10 sept 2005
Provenance :
Jean DERIAT Collection.
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