Mace head
about 1700–1550 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueTravertine (Egyptian alabaster)
DimensionsOverall: 2.5 x 4.6 cm (1 x 1 13/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number20.1144
On View
Not on viewClassificationsWarfare, hunting, fishing
Collections
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, K321: 2. February 1914: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.
3700–3100 B.C.
2960–2770 B.C., or earlier
5th millennium B.C.
5000–4000 B.C.
5000–4000 B.C.
3850–3650 B.C.
5200–4000 B.C.
5200–4000 B.C.
5200–4000 B.C.
5200–4000 B.C.
5200–4000 B.C.