Naquada Culture Copper Harpoon

A double barbed harpoon is one of the hallmarks of the Naqada culture. Such items are known from both - Upper and Lower Egypt. Copper harpoons were probably not only a nilothic game tools but also a weapon and social status marker. Such items are frequently found in the graves dated to Naqada III culture. Presented model is based on the published harpoons from various sites depicting features characteristic for items dated to Naqada IIIC2 such as more geometric form and straight lines of the cutting edges. 3D model was made as a part of the project financed under the National Science Center of Poland grant UMO-2014/15/N/HS3/01144 "The comparative analyses of Early Bronze Age Egyptian and Southern Levantine copper tools including the influences from the Arabian Peninsula and Mesopotamia region".