(2) A similar Spear which has its head so socketed as to come free from the shaft when the object has been struck, the quarry being thereafter retrieved by means of a line made fast to the head itself.

One of the simplest specimens is, perhaps, that figured by Reisner,[764] while two by Petrie[765] are, though probably pre-dynastic, of more elaborate workmanship.


AN EGYPTIAN REEL.

From F. Ll. Griffith, Beni Hasan, Pt. 4, Pl. 13, 3.

SPEARING FISH.

From F. Ll. Griffith, Beni Hasan, Pt. 4, Pl. 13, 3.