Pestle
pre-Badarian, Merimda Culture, 5th millennium B.C.
FindspotMerimda Beni Salama, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueStone
DimensionsLegacy dimension: diameter approximately 0.063
Credit LineGift of Albert Rothbart
Accession number33.429
On View
Not on viewClassificationsTools and equipment
Collections
ProvenanceFrom Merimda Beni Salama. 1938-32, 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)
pre-Badarian, Merimda Culture, 5th millennium B.C.
pre-Badarian, Merimda Culture, 5th millennium B.C.
900–600 B.C.
1000–800 B.C.
probably Hissar I A-B, before 4300 B.C.
20000–5500 B.C.
2575–2323 B.C.
2532–2510 B.C.
1836–1759 B.C.
1550–1070 B.C.
