Pear-shaped macehead
3650–3300 B.C.
FindspotMesaid (Mesa'eed), Egypt
Medium/TechniqueLimestone
DimensionsHeight x width: 7 x 6.7 cm (2 3/4 x 2 5/8 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number11.194
On View
Not on viewClassificationsWarfare, hunting, fishing
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ProvenanceFrom Mesaid (Mesa'eed), tomb 47, no. 16. [M/47/16]. 1910: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the Egyptian Government.
(Accession Date: March 2, 1911)
(Accession Date: March 2, 1911)
2960–2770 B.C., or earlier
2960–2770 B.C., or earlier
2350–2338 B.C.
5th millennium B.C.
5000–4000 B.C.
5000–4000 B.C.