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Object Number
15-12-50/B1273
Display Title
Fragment grinding slab
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Ground stone, metate, broken,
Classification
- Metate
Department
Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Sudan
/
Dongola
/
<County>
/
<City>
/
Kerma
Materials
Stone
Dimensions
Overall: 11.8 x 8.7 x 2.5 cm (4 5/8 x 3 7/16 x 1 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
B1273; SU 96
Provenance
Collector
George A. Reisner
(1913)
Expedition
Harvard University- Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
(1913)
Lender
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
(1915)
Donor
Donated by
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
(1929)
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