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Axe
Axe

Axe

FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueMarble
DimensionsLength x Width: 12.5 x 9 cm (4 15/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number13.4042
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsWarfare, hunting, fishing
ProvenanceFrom Nubia, Kerma. 1913: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Sudan.


Findspot Information: From Kerma. Su / 74
Kerma: Stone implements Su.74 (=MFA 13.4042), 77 (MFA), 75, 76, 51 (=MFA 13.4049), 73 (=MFA 13.…
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.