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 viewClassificationsWarfare, hunting, fishing
Collections
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)
(Accession Date: December 4, 1913)
Naqada I, 3850–3650 B.C.
2960–2770 B.C., or earlier
2490–2472 B.C.
2490–2472 B.C.
2575–2465 B.C.
2575–2465 B.C.
3850–3650 B.C.
2750–2649 B.C., or earlier
2575–2465 B.C.
2061–1070 B.C.
5th millennium B.C.