Groundstone celt
pre-Badarian, Merimda Culture, 5th millennium B.C.
FindspotMerimda Beni Salama, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueBlack stone
DimensionsLength: 10.7 cm (4 3/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Albert Rothbart
Accession number33.421
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Not on viewClassificationsTools and equipment
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ProvenanceFrom Merimda Beni Salama - 77/R1/10. 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)
(Accession Date: May 1, 1933)
early 3rd–mid 3rd century B.C.
1991–1783 B.C.
1539–1075 B.C.
760–343 B.C.
