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Object Number 15-12-50/B1276
Display Title Fragment of flat grinding slab
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ground stone abrading stone or metate, broken
Classification
  • Abrading Stone
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Sudan / Dongola / <County> / <City> / Kerma
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 18 x 14 x 3 cm (7 1/16 x 5 1/2 x 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B1276; Su 95
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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