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Harpoon point
Nubian
Meroitic Period
100 B.C.–A.D. 300
Findspot: Nubia (Egypt), Karanog, Tomb 141
Medium/Technique
Iron
Dimensions
Width x length: 1.3 x 6 cm (1/2 x 2 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
MFA-University of Pennsylvania Exchange
Accession Number1991.1117
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsTools and equipment
ProvenanceFrom Karanog, tomb G 141. 1908: excavated by the E.B. Coxe Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania; assigned to the University of Pennsylvania in the division of finds by the Sudanese government; 1908-1991: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology; 1991: received by the MFA through exchange with the University of Pennsylvania Museum.
(Accession date: March 25, 1992)
(Accession date: March 25, 1992)