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Mortar

FindspotKerma, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueDiorite
DimensionsOther: 16.5 x 12 x 1.6 cm (6 1/2 x 4 3/4 x 5/8 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number20.1657
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTools and equipment
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, 440 #1. January 1914. Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.
Gaming piece
Naqada I to 2750–2649 B.C., or earlier
Large deep convex bowl
3100–2630 B.C.
Disk-shaped macehead
3850–3650 B.C.
Bowl with re-curved rim
2548–2530 B.C.
Bowl
2575–2465 B.C.
Cylinder seal
2334–2154 B.C.
Stamp seal or amulet
about 4000 B.C.