An Egyptian Neolithic Flint Scraper, Neolithic - Pre Dynastic Period, ca. 7500 - 3700 BCE Glass Condition: Intact and in very

Condition:  Intact and in very good condition

1994 Power of the Land

a very fine example

A beautiful and impressive example

conveying a wonderful sense of movement

An Egyptian Neolithic Flint Scraper, Neolithic - Pre Dynastic Period, ca. 7500 - 3700 BCE Glass Condition: Intact and in verythe oval shaped tool percussion flaked from a piece of light brown flint. Percussion flaking was used to detach small flakes of flint from the upper surface by striking the flint with a hammerstone or other implement. For related example see: Payne, Joan Crowfoot, Catalogue of the Pre Dynastic Egyptian Collection in the Ashmolean Museum, Clarendon Press, 1993, and Needler, W. Predynastic and Archaic Egypt in the Brooklyn Museum (The Brooklyn Museum