spear-head

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Object Type
Museum number: EA23943
Description: Iron leaf-shaped spear-head with a wrapped socket
Cultures/periods
Excavator/field collector
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Tell Dafana, Saite enclosure (so-called "Camp").
Materials
Dimensions: Length: 17.20 centimetres (max); Width: 3.80 centimetres
Curator's comments: One of "several lance-heads" mentioned by W.M.F. Petrie, Tanis ii, Nebesheh and Defenneh, p. 77 § 77, p. 110, pl. xxxvii, 4. see also pieces Bolton, 1886.28.22.i-j and deaccessioned Boston, MFA, 87.523, 87.524.
Bibliographic references: Petrie 1888 / Tanis. Part II. Nebesheh (Am) and Defenneh (Tahpanhes) (p. 77 § 77, p. 110, pl. xxxvii, 4); Leclère and Spencer 2014 / Tell Dafana Reconsidered: The Archaeology of an Egyptian Frontier Town (p.46, p.73, p.184, pl.26)
Location: Not on display
Condition: Corroded and incomplete
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1887
Department: Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number: EA23943
Registration number: 1887,0101.1463
Conservation

Free entry