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Middle Kingdom–Early New Kingdom
The arrows have flint chips embedded in their tips with pitch, and there are traces of feathers at the notched ends. They would have been used with a longbows such as 36.3.211.
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Title: 6 arrows with stone tips
Period: Middle Kingdom–Early New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12–17
Date: ca. 1981–1550 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt
Medium: Reed, wood, flint, pitch, feathers
Dimensions: Length of a, 77 cm (30 5/16 in); b, 73.1 cm (28 3/4 in); c, 73.8 cm (29 1/16 in); d, 75 cm (29 1/2 in); e, 74.6 cm (29 3/8 in); f, 74.5 cm (29 5/16 in)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1912
Accession Number: 12.182.53a-f
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