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 view

ClassificationsWarfare, 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.