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Grinding stone

pre-Badarian, Merimda Culture, 5th millennium B.C.
FindspotMerimda Beni Salama, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueStone
DimensionsLength: 16 cm (6 5/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Albert Rothbart
Accession number33.427a
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTools and equipment
ProvenanceFrom Merimda Beni Salama. 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)
pre-Badarian, Merimda Culture, 5th millennium B.C.
pre-Badarian, Merimda Culture, 5th millennium B.C.
View: Side 2
900–600 B.C.
Stone buttons or studs
1000–800 B.C.
Flake
probably Hissar I A-B, before 4300 B.C.
Blade
20000–5500 B.C.
Restricted: For reference only
2575–2323 B.C.
Restricted: For reference only
2532–2510 B.C.