Bone pin
Badarian to Naqada III, 4500–2960 B.C.
FindspotMesaid, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueBone
DimensionsLength: 6.5 cm (2 9/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number11.270
On View
Not on viewClassificationsTools and equipment
Collections
ProvenanceFrom Mesaid (Mesa'eed), tomb 30 [M/30/3]. 1910: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Egypt.
(March 2, 1911)
(March 2, 1911)
2960–2770 B.C.
1550–1070 B.C.
1550–1295 B.C.
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.
2400–1550 B.C.