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Ivory fish harpoon
Ivory fish harpoon

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 view
ClassificationsWarfare, hunting, fishing
ProvenanceFrom Mesaid (Mesa'eed), tomb 133 [M/133/8]. 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)
Harpoon point
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 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.