Ax head
FindspotGebel Barkal, Nubia
Medium/TechniqueGranite
DimensionsThickness: 2.4 cm (15/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number19.1660
On View
Not on viewClassificationsWarfare, hunting, fishing
Collections
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan) Gebel Barkal, B 300 N. 1919:excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Sudan.
750–250 B.C.
4500–3800 B.C.
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.
Naqada I–II, 3850–3300 B.C.
Naqada I–II, 3850–3300 B.C.