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Arrow-head

270 B.C.–A.D. 320
FindspotNubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueChalcedony
DimensionsOverall: 2.5 cm (1 in.) length
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number23.799
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
Concave-base arrowhead
5th millennium B.C.
Concave-base arrowhead
5000–4000 B.C.
Tanged arrowhead
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.