Ladle missing its handle
Object type: Ladle
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Neolithic Period, Buto–Merimda–Maadi
Date: ca. 4500–4000 B.C.
Medium: Pottery
Dimensions: H: 7 cm (2 3/4 in.); diam: 10 cm (3 5/16 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