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Sandstone mortar

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Accession: 33.4.57
Find spot: Merimda Beni Salama, Western Delta, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Neolithic Period
Date: ca. 4500–4000 B.C.
Date range: 4500 BCE – 4000 BCE
Materials: ['sandstone (yellow)']
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), Sandstone mortar (33.4.57). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/216225

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Description

Neolithic Period, ca. 4500–4000 B.C. Sandstone (yellow). From: Merimda Beni Salama, Western Delta, Egypt. Excavation: Vienna Academy of Science excavations 1929–30. Credit: Gift of Albert Rothbart, 1933.

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Found at Merimda Beni Salama

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