Back of a shield
FindspotAssiut, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueWood
DimensionsLength: 71.5 cm (28 1/8 in.)
Credit LineEmily Esther Sears Fund
Accession number04.1784
On View
Not on viewClassificationsWarfare, hunting, fishing
ProvenanceFrom Asyut. 1903: excavated by Emile Gaston Chassinat and Charles Palanque for the Institut francais d'archeologie orientale, Cairo; 1904: purchased for the MFA by Albert M. Lythgoe.
1700–1550 B.C.
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.
2040–1640 B.C.
2040–1640 B.C.