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Ration token or tally(?)

Egyptian
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Uronarti, West wall St. South debris

Medium/Technique Sandstone
Dimensions Length x width x thickness: 5.5 x 3.8 x 1.0 cm (2 3/16 x 1 1/2 x 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number28.1633
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTools and equipment

DescriptionSmall, flat, rectangular stone with rounded top, possibly used as ration or food token(?).
ProvenanceFrom Uronarti, West wall St. South debris. 1928: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.