Axe
FindspotSemna, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueMalachite
DimensionsOther: 3.6 x 7 x 2.5 cm (1 7/16 x 2 3/4 x 1 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number24.2083
On View
Not on viewClassificationsWarfare, hunting, fishing
Collections
ProvenanceFrom Semna, E-W Street. 1924: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.
5th millennium B.C.
5000–4000 B.C.
5000–4000 B.C.
3850–3650 B.C.
3700–3100 B.C.
Merimda, 4500–3800 B.C.
pre-Badarian, Merimda Culture, 5th millennium B.C.
270 B.C.–400 A.D.
1550–1295 B.C.
900–600 B.C.
