Arrow with composite stone tip ca. 1479–1458 New Kingdom Fifteen arrows () and two bows (, .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 Arrow with composite stone tip. ca. 1479–1458 Reed, wood, quartz, adhesive. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Q
Arrow with composite stone tip ca. 1479–1458 New Kingdom Fifteen arrows () and two bows (, .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 Arrow with composite stone tip. ca. 1479–1458 Reed, wood, quartz, adhesive. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Tomb of Senenmut (TT 71), below, deposit of bows and arrows, MMA excavations, 1935–36. Dynasty 18
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