Mace head (?) or thumb ring (?)
270 B.C.–400 A.D.
FindspotGammai, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueHematite
DimensionsOverall: 3 x 4.3 cm (1 3/16 x 1 11/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Oric Bates
Accession number42.125
On View
Not on viewClassificationsWarfare, hunting, fishing
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ProvenanceFrom Gammai, Nubia (Sudan), Mound E, found in bronze box, object #R53. 1915-6: excavated by Oric Bates & Dows Dunham for the Harvard Peabody Museum; 1916: assigned to Oric Bates in the division of finds with the Sudanese government; Aug. 14, 1924: lent to the MFA by Mrs. Oric Bates; March 12, 1942: given to the MFA by Mrs. Oric Bates.
5th millennium B.C.
5000–4000 B.C.
5000–4000 B.C.
3850–3650 B.C.
3700–3100 B.C.
Merimda, 4500–3800 B.C.
pre-Badarian, Merimda Culture, 5th millennium B.C.
1550–1295 B.C.
900–600 B.C.
1st–3rd century