Title: Pounder
Object type: Pestle, pounder
Date: ca. 4500–4000 B.C.
Period: Neolithic Period, Buto–Merimda–Maadi
Medium: Quartz
Dimensions: L: 5 cm (1 15/16 in.)
Credit line: Gift of Albert Rothbart, 1933
Geography: From    Egypt Western Delta Merimda Beni Salama   Vienna Academy of Science excavations, 1927–29 
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY