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Naqada I, 3850–3650 B.C.
FindspotMesaid, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueBrown stone
DimensionsHeight x width: 4.2 x 3.7 cm (1 5/8 x 1 7/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number11.214
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ProvenanceFrom Mesaid (Mesa'eed) tomb 26, no. 3 [M/26/3]. 1910: excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Egypt.
(Accession Date: March 2, 1911)
(Accession Date: March 2, 1911)
pre-Badarian, Merimda Culture, 5th millennium B.C.
pre-Badarian, Merimda Culture, 5th millennium B.C.
pre-Badarian, Merimda Culture, 5th millennium B.C.
900–600 B.C.
1000–800 B.C.
probably Hissar I A-B, before 4300 B.C.
20000–5500 B.C.
2575–2323 B.C.
2532–2510 B.C.
1836–1759 B.C.
1550–1070 B.C.