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Harpoon point
Harpoon point

Harpoon point

Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.
FindspotMesaid, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueBone or ivory
DimensionsHeight x width x depth: 12.8 x 1.8 x 1 cm (5 1/16 x 11/16 x 3/8 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number11.273
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsWarfare, hunting, fishing
ProvenanceFrom Mesaid. [tomb unknown, but probably on photo B968]. 1910: Excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Egypt.
(Accession date: March 2, 1911)
Ivory fish harpoon
Badarian to Naqada III, 4500–2960 B.C.
Fragment of harpoon
Badarian to Naqada III, 4500–2960 B.C.
Group shot: 01.7384-01.7392
2926–2880 B.C.
Group shot: 01.7384-01.7392
2926–2880 B.C.
Group shot: 01.7384-01.7392
2926–2880 B.C.
Group shot: 01.7384-01.7392
2926–2880 B.C.
Group shot: 01.7384-01.7392
2926–2880 B.C.
Group shot: 01.7384-01.7392
2926–2880 B.C.
Group shot: 01.7384-01.7392
2926–2880 B.C.