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Title: Bow
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 11
Date: ca. 2120–1981 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Tomb MMA 806 (M06), sloping passage and burial chamber, MMA excavations, 1913–14
Medium: Wood
Dimensions: Length tip to tip 158.6 cm (62 7/16 in.); Length of outer curve 161.1 cm (63 7.16 in.); Greatest diam. 2.6 cm (1 in.)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1914
Accession Number: 14.1.406
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