Porphyry pestle
1070–712 B.C.
Medium/TechniquePorphyry
DimensionsHeight x diameter: 5.2 x 2.4 cm (2 1/16 x 15/16 in.)
Credit LineEgypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession number86.206
On View
Not on viewClassificationsTools and equipment
Collections
ProvenanceFrom Tanis (San el-Hagar). 1884: excavated by William Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund; assigned to the Egypt Exploration Fund in the division of finds by the government of Egypt; October 28, 1885: presented to the MFA at EEF general meeting.
(Accession Date: January 1, 1886)
(Accession Date: January 1, 1886)
3100–2800 B.C.
3100–2800 B.C.
Prehistoric