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Vase grinder
Egyptian
Predynastic Period
3850–2960 B.C.
Object Place: Egypt, Abydos, Osiris temenos
Medium/Technique
Limestone
Dimensions
Overall: 6 x 13.5 cm (2 3/8 x 5 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number02.705
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsTools and equipment
DescriptionLimestone; for grinding out stone vases. Sides broken.
ProvenanceFrom Abydos, Osiris Temenos. 1902: excavated by William Matthew Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund, assigned to the Egypt Exploration Fund in the division of finds by the government of Egypt, received by the MFA through subscription to the Egypt Exploration Fund on November 17, 1902.
(Accession Date: November 17, 1902)
(Accession Date: November 17, 1902)