Rubbing stone

Museum number:
6-8274
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Accession number:
Acc.54/56/63/109
Description:
Smoothing stone with three flat surfaces, diameter 6 cm., Late Predynastic 3500-3400 B.C.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Uncertain tomb and cemetery, Deir el-Ballas, Upper Egypt
Culture or time period:
Naqada II a-d/ Gerzean (ca. 3500–3200 BC), Naqada III/'Dynasty 0' (ca. 3200–3000 BC), and Predynastic Period, Egypt (ca. 5300–3000 BC)
Collector:
George Andrew Reisner
Collection date:
1900-1901
Materials:
Stone (worked rock) (stone)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Ground stone and Rubbing stones
Department:
Ancient Egypt
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Rubbing stone, accession number 6-8274, described as Smoothing stone with three flat surfaces, diameter 6 cm., Late Predynastic 3500-3400 B.C.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Rubbing stone, accession number 6-8274, described as Smoothing stone with three flat surfaces, diameter 6 cm., Late Predynastic 3500-3400 B.C.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rubbing stone, accession number 6-8274, described as Smoothing stone with three flat surfaces, diameter 6 cm., Late Predynastic 3500-3400 B.C.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rubbing stone, accession number 6-8274, described as Smoothing stone with three flat surfaces, diameter 6 cm., Late Predynastic 3500-3400 B.C.

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