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Piriform mace head

Piriform mace head

Naqada I (Amratian) 3850–3650 B.C.
FindspotMesaid (Mesa'eed), Egypt
Medium/TechniquePegmatitic hornblende diorite
DimensionsDiameter 6 cm (2 3/8 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number13.3802
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsWarfare, hunting, fishing
ProvenanceFrom Mesaid (Mesa'eed) Tomb 756 [M/756/3]. 1913: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Egypt.
(Accession Date: December 4, 1913)
Disk-shaped macehead
Disk-shaped macehead
Naqada I, 3850–3650 B.C.
Tall ovoid jar with lug handles
Tall ovoid jar with lug handles
2960–2770 B.C., or earlier
Concave sided beaker
Concave sided beaker
2490–2472 B.C.
Cylindrical bowl
Cylindrical bowl
2490–2472 B.C.
Squat shouldered jar
Squat shouldered jar
2575–2465 B.C.
Squat shouldered jar with lug handles
Squat shouldered jar with lug handles
2575–2465 B.C.
Disk-shaped macehead
Disk-shaped macehead
3850–3650 B.C.
Mace head
Mace head
Mace head
Mace head
2750–2649 B.C., or earlier
Image Not Available for Squat shouldered jar
Squat shouldered jar
2575–2465 B.C.
Kohl jar
Kohl jar
2061–1070 B.C.
Group shot (L to R): 03.1402, 03.1411, 03.1429
Concave-base arrowhead
5th millennium B.C.