Discoid mace-head
Naqada I–II, 3850–3300 B.C.
FindspotMesaid, Egypt
Medium/TechniquePorphyry
DimensionsLegacy dimension: .025 H. .075 W.
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number11.198
On View
Not on viewClassificationsWarfare, hunting, fishing
Collections
ProvenanceFrom Mesaid [Mesa'eed] tomb 45, no. 1. [M/45/1]. 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.
Naqada I–II, 3850–3300 B.C.
Naqada I–IIa 3850–3300 B.C.
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
5th millennium B.C.
5000–4000 B.C.
5000–4000 B.C.
3850–3650 B.C.
3700–3100 B.C.
Merimda, 4500–3800 B.C.
pre-Badarian, Merimda Culture, 5th millennium B.C.
270 B.C.–400 A.D.
