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Egyptian
Findspot: Egypt, San el Hagar
Medium/Technique
Black basalt? or granite?
Dimensions
Other: 6.8 x 9.7 cm (2 11/16 x 3 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number86.199
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ClassificationsTools and equipment – Household
DescriptionRoughly rectangular, underside a low truncated pyramid. Top has bevelled edge, rectangular depression, and irregular edges
ProvenanceFrom Tanis (San el-Hagar). 1884: excavated by William Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund; assigned to the Egypt Exploration Fund in the division of finds by the government of Egypt; October 28, 1885: presented to the MFA at EEF general meeting.
(Accession Date: January 1, 1886)
(Accession Date: January 1, 1886)