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Mace head

FindspotGebel Barkal, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueStone
Dimensions10.2 cm (4 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number16-2-145
On View
Not on view
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan) Gebel Barkal B700. Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.
Arrowhead
5200–4000 B.C.
Mace head
2750–2649 B.C.
Blade (axe head?)
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.
Hand axe
2400–1700 B.C.
Hand axe
3100–3000 B.C.
Hand axe
3100–3000 B.C.