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Stone rubber

Medium/TechniqueTan stone
DimensionsOther: 1.6 x 3.8 cm (5/8 x 1 1/2 in.)
Credit LineHay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession number72.799
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTools and equipment
ProvenanceBy 1836: Robert Hay Collection, Linplum, Scotland; 1863: to his son, Robert James Alexander Hay; 1868-1872: Way Collection, Boston (purchased by Samuel A. Way through London dealers Rollin and Feuardent, 27 Haymarket); 1872: given to the MFA by Samuel's son, C. Granville Way.
pre-Badarian, Merimda Culture, 5th millennium B.C.
pre-Badarian, Merimda Culture, 5th millennium B.C.
pre-Badarian, Merimda Culture, 5th millennium B.C.
View: Side 2
900–600 B.C.
Stone buttons or studs
1000–800 B.C.
Flake
probably Hissar I A-B, before 4300 B.C.
Blade
20000–5500 B.C.
Restricted: For reference only
2575–2323 B.C.