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Awl
Egyptian
Predynastic
pre-Badarian, Merimda Culture, 5th millennium B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Merimda Beni Salama, SO-2
Medium/Technique
Bone
Credit Line
Gift of Albert Rothbart
Accession Number33.419
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsTools and equipment – Woodworking and stoneworking
DescriptionAwl. Bone, with ground point.
ProvenanceFrom Merimda Beni Salama - SO-2. 1928-32, 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)