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FindspotSemna West, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueHard stone
DimensionsOther: 1.4 x 1.5 x 1.1 cm (9/16 x 9/16 x 7/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number28.1333
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTools and equipment
ProvenanceFrom Semna West, debris from Rm W366. 1928: 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.
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.