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
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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.
Merimda, 4500–3800 B.C.
pre-Badarian, Merimda Culture, 5th millennium B.C.
270 B.C.–400 A.D.
1550–1295 B.C.