Title: Pestle made from inscribed object
Object type: Pestle, inscribed object
Date: ca. 3rd–1st Millenium B.C.
Period: Middle Kingdom–early New Kingdom
Medium: Diorite
Dimensions: H. 8.1 (3 3/16 in); w. 5.6 cm (2 3/16 in)
Credit line: Gift of James H. Schwartz, 2006
Geography: Probably from     Upper Egypt, Thebes    MMA excavations 
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY