Grinding stone
FindspotGebel Barkal, Egypt
Medium/TechniquePink/black/tan stone
DimensionsOverall: 5.7 x 3.2 cm (2 1/4 x 1 1/4 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number16-4-111
On View
Not on viewClassificationsTools and equipment
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ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan) Gebel Barkal, Room 514. 1916: Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.
pre-Badarian, Merimda Culture, 5th millennium B.C.
Mid-19th Century
early 3rd–mid 3rd century B.C.
1991–1783 B.C.
