Axe
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueMarble
DimensionsOverall: 9.9 x 7 x 1.5 cm (3 7/8 x 2 3/4 x 9/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number13.4041
On View
Not on viewClassificationsWarfare, hunting, fishing
Collections
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, Tell I , Trench 2, Room A, about 30 cm. above alluvial stratum. 1913: Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
2999–2000 B.C.
3000–2750 B.C.
2750–2649 B.C.
5th millennium B.C.
5000–4000 B.C.
5000–4000 B.C.
3850–3650 B.C.
3700–3100 B.C.
5200–4000 B.C.