Core
Object type: Core, discoidal, opposite-platform, opposed-platform
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Predynastic, Badarian
Date: ca. 4000–3800 B.C.
Medium: Flint

Dimensions: L. 8.4 × W. 6.4 × Th. 2.3 cm, Wt. 131.6g (3 5/16 × 2 1/2 × 7/8 in., 4.642oz.)
Geography: From    Egypt Northern Upper Egypt Matmar
Locus: Tomb 3083
Excavation: BSAE/Brunton excavations, 1931
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1932
Accession year: 1932