Fragment of harpoon
Badarian to Naqada III, 4500–2960 B.C.
FindspotMesaid, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueIvory or bone
DimensionsLength x width: 9.5 x 2.3 cm (3 3/4 x 7/8 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number11.276
On View
Not on viewClassificationsWarfare, hunting, fishing
Collections
ProvenanceFrom Mesaid (Mesa'eed), tomb 85 [M/85/3]. 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)
(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.
