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Spearheads
Egyptian
Predynastic
pre-Badarian, Merimda culture 4500–3800 B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Merimda Beni Salama, O62, O342
Medium/Technique
Flint
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: (a) Length: 0.082 - marked 0-62 / (b) Length: 0.059 - marked 0-342 / (c) Length: 0.064 - marked 0-342 / (d) Length: 0.060 - marked 0-342
Credit Line
Gift of Albert Rothbart
Accession Number33.423d
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CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsWarfare, hunting, fishing – Archery, spears, javelins
DescriptionOne of four roughly shaped chipped flints. All of brownish-yellow stone. Oblong chipped spear head.
ProvenanceFindspot Information: From Merimda Beni Salama O62 and O342. O may stand for "East" in German as there was an eastern excavation field.
Vienna Academy Excavations, 1928-32.
Gift of Albert Rothbart, through Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Vienna Academy Excavations, 1928-32.
Gift of Albert Rothbart, through Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.