Spearheads
Merimda, 4500–3800 B.C.
FindspotMerimda Beni Salama, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueFlint
DimensionsLegacy dimension: (a) Length: 0.082 - marked 0-62 / (b) Length: 0.059 - marked 0-342 / (c) Length: 0.064 - marked 0-342 / (d) Length: 0.060 - marked 0-342
Credit LineGift of Albert Rothbart
Accession number33.423a
On View
Not on viewClassificationsWarfare, hunting, fishing
Collections
ProvenanceFindspot Information: From Merimda Beni Salama O62 and O342. O may stand for "East" in German as there was an eastern excavation field.
Vienna Academy Excavations, 1928-32.
Gift of Albert Rothbart, through Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
alt. spelling: Merimda Beni Salama
Vienna Academy Excavations, 1928-32.
Gift of Albert Rothbart, through Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
alt. spelling: Merimda Beni Salama
5th millennium B.C.
5000–4000 B.C.
5000–4000 B.C.
pre-Badarian, Merimda Culture, 5th millennium B.C.
840–820 B.C.
5200–4000 B.C.
5200–4000 B.C.
5200–4000 B.C.
5200–4000 B.C.
5200–4000 B.C.
5200–4000 B.C.
5200–4000 B.C.