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Image Not Available for Potsherd reused as a weight
Potsherd reused as a weight
Image Not Available for Potsherd reused as a weight

Potsherd reused as a weight

pre-Badarian, Merimda Culture, 5th millennium B.C.
FindspotMerimda Beni Salama, Egypt
Medium/TechniquePottery (Nile silt ware)
DimensionsLength: 8.8 cm (3 7/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Albert Rothbart
Accession number33.417a
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ClassificationsTools and equipment
ProvenanceFrom Merimda Beni Salama - S6-150. 1928-32, Vienna Academy Excavations; 1933; given to the MFA by Albert Rothbart through the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
(Accession Date: May 1, 1933)