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92-2-9

From: Sudan | Sayala

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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Object Number 92-2-9
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture A-Group
Provenience Sudan | Sayala
Locus Cem 137:1
Date Made 3400-3000 BCE
Section Egyptian
Materials Porphyry
Description

Palette usually used for grinding minerals into powered cometics. Shape and material unusual for the standard palette. In the multimedia photo 92-2-9 is on the left.

Length 15 cm
Width 7.5 cm
Depth 4 cm
Credit Line Exchange with the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, 1992
Other Number 137/4/1 - Field No SF

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