Five boxes of fragments of arrows with iron points
mid-2nd–early 4th century
FindspotMeroe (Beg. West), Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueWood, iron
DimensionsL:17-59 cm; reed Length: ca. 33 cm; wooden spindle Length: ca. 5 cm; head Length: 3.5-4 cm.
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number24.963.6-10
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Not on viewClassificationsWarfare, hunting, fishing
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ProvenanceFrom Meroe, west cemetery, tomb W. 122. 1922: excavated by the Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1924: assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.
mid-2nd–early 4th century
mid-2nd–early 4th century
mid-2nd–early 4th century
mid-2nd–early 4th century
A.D. 175–190
100 B.C.–A.D. 300
297–284 B.C.
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