Arrow with composite stone tip
New Kingdom
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.