Flat mace-head
Naqada I–II, 3850–3300 B.C.
FindspotMesaid, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueGranite
DimensionsHeight x diameter: 2.5 x 9.7 cm (1 x 3 13/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number11.196
On View
Not on viewClassificationsWarfare, hunting, fishing
Collections
ProvenanceFrom Mesaid [Mesa'eed] tomb 25, no. 6 [M/25/6]. 1910: excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.
750–250 B.C.
4500–3800 B.C.
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.
Naqada I–II, 3850–3300 B.C.