Needle or pin
Nubian
A-Group
3100–3000 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia, Egypt, Gerf Husein (Mediq), Cemetery 79, Grave 135
Dimensions
Overall: 8 x 0.3 cm (3 1/8 x 1/8 in.)
Accession Number
79/135
Medium or Technique
Copper
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
This is a long needle or pin with tip bent and broken.
Provenance
From Mediq (ASN 79/135). 1908. Excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.
Credit Line
Archaeological Survey of Nubia