Grinding Slab
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1991
name: label: Donor Name
content: No Information
notes: label: Notes
content: GRINDING SLAB IN METALSMITH EXHIBIT - HALL 26 WESTERN CULTURES HALL - NEG. NUMBER 78-8203. The origin of this slab is unclear, it may not be Old World?
label: Notes
content: This object was on display in Hall 26, Western Cultures Hall, Unit IIE, Metallurgy case. Exhibit script calls this # C250, Egyptian grinding slab, and says "The grinding slab ... came from the desert to the east of the Nile where metalworkers ground gold ore to obtain gold."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Egypt (not certain), Africa (not certain)
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 999999
label: USNM Number
content: AT13315-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Grinding Slab