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Arrow-head
Arrow-head

Arrow-head

270 B.C.–A.D. 320
FindspotMeroe, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueChalcedony
DimensionsOverall: 2.8 cm (1 1/8 in.) length
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number23.798
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsWarfare, hunting, fishing
ProvenanceFrom Meroe, Tomb Beg. W 352 [Excav. date] February 2, 1923:Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.
Arrow-head
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
Group shot (L to R): 03.1402, 03.1411, 03.1429
5th millennium B.C.
Group shot (L to R): 03.1402, 03.1411, 03.1429
5000–4000 B.C.
Group shot (L to R): 03.1402, 03.1411, 03.1429
5000–4000 B.C.
Disk-shaped macehead
3850–3650 B.C.
Pear-shaped mace head
3700–3100 B.C.
Arrowhead
5200–4000 B.C.
Arrowhead
5200–4000 B.C.
Arrowhead
5200–4000 B.C.
Arrowhead
5200–4000 B.C.
Arrowhead
5200–4000 B.C.
Arrowhead
5200–4000 B.C.