Mace head
FindspotGiza, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueLimestone
DimensionsOverall: 3.8 cm (1 1/2 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number28.1473
On View
Not on viewClassificationsWarfare, hunting, fishing
ProvenanceFrom Giza, south of G 7650, debris. 1928: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.
(Accession date: January 20, 2005)
(Accession date: January 20, 2005)
2960–2770 B.C., or earlier
2960–2770 B.C., or earlier
3650–3300 B.C.
2350–2338 B.C.
5th millennium B.C.
5000–4000 B.C.
5000–4000 B.C.