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One of a pair of grinding stones (upper and lower) with worn faces. Dark brown color.
Provenance
Merimda Beni Salama. 1928-32, Vienna Academy Excavations, 1928-32; 1933, given to MFA by Albert Rothbart through the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Credit Line
Gift of Albert Rothbart
Egyptian, Predynastic, Merimda, 4500–3800 B.C.
Findspot
Merimda Beni Salama, Egypt
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: a) nether stone length: approximately 0.160; b) upper stone length: approximately 0.160
Accession Number
33.427b
Medium or Technique
Stone