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Sickles

Sickles from the Neolithic to the New Kingdom (about 1550-1069 BC) were made of wood with stone blades. In the Roman Period iron became common.

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In the Late Period and later the blades of the sickles were often made in iron.

Roman (?) sickles

 


 

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