Pestle or pounder
Object type: Pestle, pounder
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Neolithic Period, Buto–Merimda–Maadi
Date: ca. 4500–4000 B.C.
Medium: Basalt
Dimensions: L: 9.8 cm (3 7/8 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