Ivory fish harpoon
Badarian to Naqada III, 4500–2960 B.C.
FindspotMesaid, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueIvory or bone
DimensionsLength x width: 13.1 x 2.5 cm (5 3/16 x 1 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number11.275
On View
Not on viewClassificationsWarfare, hunting, fishing
Collections
(Accession date: March 2, 1911)
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.
Badarian to Naqada III, 4500–2960 B.C.
2926–2880 B.C.
2926–2880 B.C.
2926–2880 B.C.
2926–2880 B.C.
2926–2880 B.C.
2926–2880 B.C.
2926–2880 B.C.