Mortar
FindspotSan el Hagar, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueBlack basalt? or granite?
DimensionsOther: 6.8 x 9.7 cm (2 11/16 x 3 13/16 in.)
Credit LineEgypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession number86.199
On View
Not on viewClassificationsTools and equipment
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)
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.
2575–2472 B.C.
1550–1070 B.C.
2649–2134 B.C.
Naqada II–III, 3650–2960 B.C.
2323–2150 B.C.
Naqada I–III 3850–2960 B.C.