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Wood arrow head (?)
Egyptian
Predynastic Period
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Mesaid
Medium/Technique
Wood
Dimensions
Length: 10.3 cm (4 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number11.281
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsWarfare, hunting, fishing – Archery, spears, javelins
DescriptionLight brown; broken at ends.
[if it is an arrow head, it may be from Sheikh Farag instead (lots of model arrows like this came from there)- the excavations were being conducted at the same time, and as there is no tomb number for where this was from at Mesaid it is in question]
[if it is an arrow head, it may be from Sheikh Farag instead (lots of model arrows like this came from there)- the excavations were being conducted at the same time, and as there is no tomb number for where this was from at Mesaid it is in question]
ProvenanceFrom Mesaid (Mesa'eed) tomb 24, no. 1. [M/24/1]. 1910: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Egypt.