Name: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access
Creator: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Egyptian Artca. 3rd–1st Millenium B.C.

Artwork Details

Title	Pestle made from inscribed object
Medium	Diorite
Dimensions	H. 8.1 (3 3/16 in); w. 5.6 cm (2 3/16 in)
Department	Egyptian Art
Date	ca. 3rd–1st Millenium B.C.
Credit Line	Gift of James H. Schwartz, 2006
Object Page	View at The Met

Cultural Origin

Period	Middle Kingdom–early New Kingdom
Date Range	3 BC

Provenance

Region	Upper Egypt, Thebes
Country	Egypt

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Data Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access · Object 547784