Large grinding platform
Object type: Mortar
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Neolithic Period, Buto–Merimda–Maadi
Date: ca. 4500–4000 B.C.
Medium: Sandstone (yellow)
Dimensions: L: 14 cm (5 1/2 in.); w: 13 cm (5 1/8 in.); h: 7 cm (2 3/4 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Western Delta Merimda Beni Salama
Excavation: Vienna Academy of Science excavations 1929–30
Credit line: Gift of Albert Rothbart, 1933
Accession year: 1933