Mace head fragment
FindspotGebel Barkal, Nubia(Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueMarble? violet with yellow veins
Dimensions4.0 x 4.4 cm (1 9/16 x 1 3/4 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum Of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number20.2259
On View
Not on viewClassificationsWarfare, hunting, fishing
Collections
ProvenanceGebel Barkal B501. Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
2999–2000 B.C.
3000–2750 B.C.
2750–2649 B.C.
3500–2700 B.C.
5th millennium B.C.
5000–4000 B.C.
5000–4000 B.C.
3850–3650 B.C.
3700–3100 B.C.