Arrowhead

1973.2.250b

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Flint arrow-head. Tanged and barbed.

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Object specifics

Type

Weapon
Culture

Middle Kingdom or earlier
Artist/Maker
Place made

Africa: Northern Africa: Egypt: Abydos
Date made

1985 BC before
Materials

Flint
Location

Item not currently on display
Acquisition

Gift of the Trustees of the Wellcome Collection
Collector

Henry Solomon Wellcome
Place collected

Africa: Northern Africa: Egypt: Abydos
Date collected

1902 - 1904
Measurements

36 mm x 17 mm x 4 mm
Note

Catalogue of the MacGregor Collection of Egyptian Antiquities (Sotheby’s 26 June – 3 July 1922), p. 148, lot 1127, "Six Arrow-heads, in brown and ochre coloured flint; the specimen [marked] 1728 found at Abydos, the others Beni-Hasan".
Related people

Liverpool University Institute of Archaeology ( Previous owner); William MacGregor ( Collector, previous owner); Wellcome Historical Medical Museum ( Previous owner); Henry Solomon Wellcome ( Collector, previous owner)

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Publications

Catalogue of the MacGregor Collection of Egyptian Antiquities (Sotheby's 26 June - 6 July 1922)
Newberry, Percy

Author: Newberry, Percy
Publisher: Sotheby's
Date: 1922
Description: Professor Percy Newberry was very familiar with MacGregor's collection and produced the text for Sotheby's catalogue. There is useful detail, such as where the objects were collected and some photographs.

Events

Sotheby's Auction House Sale of the MacGregor Collection 26 June - 6 July 1922

Start date: 1922-06-26
End date: 1922-06-26
Description: Sale of Revd. William MacGregor's collection of Egyptian antiquities.

Ownership

Previous owners

Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
Owned from: 1922-07-03
How acquired: From Henry Solomon Wellcome
Owned until: 1971
Disposal method: Donation
Henry Solomon Wellcome
Owned from: 1922-07-03
How acquired: Purchased
Owned until: 1936-06-25
Disposal method: Donation
William MacGregor
Owned from: 1904
How acquired: Excavation subscription
Owned until: 1922-07-03
Disposal method: Sold
Liverpool University Institute of Archaeology
Owned from: 1904
How acquired: Excavated
Owned until: 1904
Disposal method: Donation

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Arrowhead

1973.2.250b

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Ancient Egypt collection