Gebel el-Arak Knife

Gebel el-Arak Knife
Gebel el-Arak Knife
	The Gebel el-Arak knife (back and front), on display at the Musée du Louvre.
Material	Elephant ivory, flint
Size	25.5 centimetres (10.0 in)
Created	Naqada II d from c. 3450 BC
Discovered	Bought by Georges Aaron Bénédite in Cairo from antique dealer M. Nahman, February 1914
Present location	Musée du Louvre, Sully wing, room 633
Identification	E 11517

The Gebel el-Arak Knife, also Jebel el-Arak Knife, is an ivory and flint knife dating from the Naqada II period of Egyptian prehistory (3500—3200 BC), showing Mesopotamian influence. The knife was purchased in 1914 in Cairo by Georges Aaron Bénédite for the Louvre, where it is now on display in the Sully wing, room 633.^[3]^[4] At the time of its purchase, the knife handle was alleged by the seller to have been found at the site of Gebel el-Arak, but it is today believed to come from Abydos.

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^ Mark, Samuel (2006). From Egypt to Mesopotamia: a Study of Predynastic Trade Routes (new ed.). Texas A & M University Press. ISBN 978-1585445301..
^ Conference, William Foxwell Albright Centennial (1996). The Study of the Ancient Near East in the Twenty-first Century: The William Foxwell Albright Centennial Conference. Eisenbrauns. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-931464-96-6.

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[3] Mark, Samuel (2006). From Egypt to Mesopotamia: a Study of Predynastic Trade Routes (new ed.). Texas A & M University Press. ISBN 978-1585445301..

[4] Conference, William Foxwell Albright Centennial (1996). The Study of the Ancient Near East in the Twenty-first Century: The William Foxwell Albright Centennial Conference. Eisenbrauns. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-931464-96-6.

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