Arrowhead
100 B.C.–A.D. 300
FindspotKaranog, Nubia (Egypt)
Medium/TechniqueIron
DimensionsWidth x length: 1.6 x 7.8 cm (5/8 x 3 1/16 in.)
Credit LineMFA-University of Pennsylvania Exchange
Accession number1991.1118
On View
Not on viewClassificationsWarfare, hunting, fishing
Collections
ProvenanceFrom Karanog, tomb G 324. 1908: excavated by the E.B. Coxe Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania; assigned to the University of Pennsylvania in the division of finds by the Sudanese government; 1908-1991: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology; 1991: received by the MFA through exchange with the University of Pennsylvania Museum.
(Accession date: March 25, 1992)
(Accession date: March 25, 1992)
mid-2nd–early 4th century
mid-2nd–early 4th century
mid-2nd–early 4th century
mid-2nd–early 4th century
297–284 B.C.
284 B.C.–A.D. 275
284 B.C.–A.D. 275