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Kerma: Stone implements Su.74 (=MFA 13.4042), 77 (MFA), 75, 76, 51 (=MFA 13.4049), 73 (=MFA 13.…
Axe
Kerma: Stone implements Su.74 (=MFA 13.4042), 77 (MFA), 75, 76, 51 (=MFA 13.4049), 73 (=MFA 13.4041), 72 (=MFA 13.4040)

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 view
ClassificationsWarfare, hunting, fishing
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.
Axe
Axe
Image Not Available for Archer's draw ring
Archer's draw ring
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
Mace head
Mace head
2999–2000 B.C.
Mace-head
Mace-head
3000–2750 B.C.
Mace head
Mace head
2750–2649 B.C.
Mace head fragment
Mace head fragment
Group shot (L to R): 03.1402, 03.1411, 03.1429
Concave-base arrowhead
5th millennium B.C.
Group shot (L to R): 03.1402, 03.1411, 03.1429
Concave-base arrowhead
5000–4000 B.C.
Group shot (L to R): 03.1402, 03.1411, 03.1429
Tanged arrowhead
5000–4000 B.C.
Disk-shaped macehead
Disk-shaped macehead
3850–3650 B.C.
Pear-shaped mace head
Pear-shaped mace head
3700–3100 B.C.
Arrowhead
Arrowhead
5200–4000 B.C.