Arrow with composite stone tip

Unknown

ca. 1479–1458 B.C. · Reed, wood, quartz, adhesive · Egyptian Art

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.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1479–1458 B.C.

Medium

Reed, wood, quartz, adhesive

Department

Egyptian Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1936