Javelin with an Ivory Knob
Object type: Spear, hilt, shaft, blunt pile, knob, bark decoration
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, ivory, bark, reed
Dimensions: Hilt and Shaft: l. 124 cm (48 13/16 in); diam. of shaft 3/8 in)
Hilt: l. 50.2 cm (19 3/4 in); diam. of knob 2.5 cm (1 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