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Arrowhead

2960–2880 B.C.
FindspotAbydos, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueCrystal
Credit LineEgypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession number01.7293
On View
Not on view
ProvenanceFrom Abydos, tomb of Djer. 1901: excavated by William Matthew Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund, assigned to the Egypt Exploration Fund in the division of finds by the government of Egypt, received by the MFA through subscription to the Egypt Exploration Fund.
(Accession Date: August 1, 1901)
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.
Spearheads
Merimda, 4500–3800 B.C.
pre-Badarian, Merimda Culture, 5th millennium B.C.
Dagger sheath
1550–1295 B.C.
Bronze arrowhead
900–600 B.C.