Pesesh-kef (Ritual Implement)
ca. 3800-3500 B.C.E.
Maker Unknown
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
This implement, found in a Predynastic tomb, appears to be an early form of the two-pronged pesesh-kef used in funerary rituals. The long, pointed end would have been inserted into a handle.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Tool
- Formatted Medium
- Flint
- Medium
- flint
- Locations
- Place excavated: El Ma'mariya, Egypt, Place excavated: el Ma'mariya, Egypt
- Dimensions
- 2 9/16 x 4 15/16 in. (6.5 x 12.5 cm)
- Accession Number
- 07.447.870
- Credit Line
- Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
- Rights Statement
- Creative Commons-BY
- Museum Location
- Pre-Dynastic, Egyptian Galleries, 3rd Floor
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