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.
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.
3rd century B.C.–3rd century A.D.
750–250 B.C.
