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Arrow with composite stone tip

New Kingdom

ca. 1479–1458 B.C.

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 116

Fifteen arrows (36.3.213-.227) and two bows (36.3.211, .212) were included in a cache of weapons found on the slope of Sheikh Abd el-Qurna hill. The arrow shafts are made of reed. The tips are made of quartz flakes stuck with a resinous gum to a section of wood that is lashed to the reed shaft. Three feathers were lashed to the nock end of the shafts, but only traces of these are preserved.

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Title: Arrow with composite stone tip

Period: New Kingdom

Dynasty: Dynasty 18

Reign: Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III

Date: ca. 1479–1458 B.C.

Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Tomb of Senenmut (TT 71), below, deposit of bows and arrows, MMA excavations, 1935–36

Medium: Reed, wood, quartz, adhesive

Dimensions: L. 72.7 cm (28 5/8 in)

Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1936

Object Number: 36.3.213

Chronology

Egypt, 2000-1000 B.C.

The Scepter of Egypt: A Background for the Study of the Egyptian Antiquities in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Vol. 2, The Hyksos Period and the New Kingdom (1675–1080 B.C.)

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