This is a Predynastic Fayum Flint Pick, 4900–3100 B.C. A bifacial pick worked from a brown naturally curving flint nodule and used to work the fields from Egypt, Fayum, along the road between the Fayum and the Giza pyramids. There are no alterations, restorations or modern re-chipping and probably damaged through use in antiquity. Provenance: ex- German collection (Hamburg). The artefact is in good condition and measures 36mm x 23mm.
Price: £30.00
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