Hilt of a Javelin
Object type: Spear, javelin, ebony hilt
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III
Date: ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
Medium: Wood, ebony, ivory, bark
Dimensions: L. 55 cm (21 5/8 in); d. 1.3 cm (1/2 in); diam. of knob 2.4 cm (15/16 in)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
Locale: Tomb of Senenmut (TT 71), below
Locus: deposit of hunting weapons
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1935–36
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1936
Accession year: 1936