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.
4500–3800 B.C.
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.
Naqada I–II, 3850–3300 B.C.
3rd century B.C.–3rd century A.D.
750–250 B.C.
