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Rubbing stone (?)

2400–1550 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueTravertine (Egyptian alabaster)
DimensionsWidth x length: 3.5 x 6.8 cm (1 3/8 x 2 11/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number13.4043
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTools and equipment
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, Trench 1, H, south, in debris about -50 cm. 1913: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.
Peg
early 3rd–mid 3rd century B.C.
Group shot: 01.7268, 01.7269
1550–1295 B.C.
Mortar
1550–1295 B.C.
Burnishing stone
1550–1295 B.C.
Stone seal
600–550 B.C.
Kohl jar
1700–1295 B.C.