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Arrowheads, knife, and metal fragments
Nubian
Meroitic Period
A.D. 30–175
Findspot: Nubia, Meroe, W 193; Object Place: Nubia, Sudan
Medium/Technique
Bronze, iron
Dimensions
b- 8.1 x 1.56 x 0.35 cm (3 3/16 x 5/8 x 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number23-1-22a-e
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsWarfare, hunting, fishing
Descriptiona-15 arrowheads, single barbed and fragments; b-knife, traces of rivetting to handle c-small strip of metal folded as band, probably attachment of knife to handle d-fragments of sheet metal and wire e-fragments of iron
ProvenanceFrom Meroe, Beg. W 193 January, 1923: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Sudan.