Title: Blunt Pile and Shaft of a Javelin
Object type: Spear, javelin, blunt pile
Date: ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III
Medium: Bronze or copper alloy, wood, reed
Dimensions: pile L. 12.5 cm (4 15/16 in)
reed shaft L. 75 cm (29 1/2 in)
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1936
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Sheikh Abd el-Qurna Tomb of Senenmut (TT 71), below deposit of hunting weapons MMA excavations, 1935–36 
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY