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<em>Pounding Stone</em>, ca. 4400–2675 B.C.E. Black and white diorite, 2 3/8 x 1 5/8 x 3 7/16 in. (6 x 4.2 x 8.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 07.447.926. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.07.447.174_.783b_.783a_.876_.879_.882_.884_.926_.936_.959_.960_.962_.963_.964_.790a-i_09.889.296a_NegID_07.447.174GRPC_print_bw.jpg)
Pounding Stone, ca. 4400–2675 B.C.E. Black and white diorite, 2 3/8 x 1 5/8 x 3 7/16 in. (6 x 4.2 x 8.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 07.447.926. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.07.447.174_.783b_.783a_.876_.879_.882_.884_.926_.936_.959_.960_.962_.963_.964_.790a-i_09.889.296a_NegID_07.447.174GRPC_print_bw.jpg)
<em>Pounding Stone</em>, ca. 4400–2675 B.C.E. Black and white diorite, 2 3/8 x 1 5/8 x 3 7/16 in. (6 x 4.2 x 8.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 07.447.926. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.07.447.926_NegID_07.447.1025GRPA_print_cropped_bw.jpg)

Pounding Stone, ca. 4400–2675 B.C.E. Black and white diorite, 2 3/8 x 1 5/8 x 3 7/16 in. (6 x 4.2 x 8.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 07.447.926. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.07.447.926_NegID_07.447.1025GRPA_print_cropped_bw.jpg)

<em>Pounding Stone</em>, ca. 4400–2675 B.C.E. Black and white diorite, 2 3/8 x 1 5/8 x 3 7/16 in. (6 x 4.2 x 8.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 07.447.926. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.07.447.1002_07.447.964_07.447.1025_07.447.926_07.447.961_09.889.321_NegID_07.447.1025GRPA_print_bw.jpg)

Pounding Stone, ca. 4400–2675 B.C.E. Black and white diorite, 2 3/8 x 1 5/8 x 3 7/16 in. (6 x 4.2 x 8.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 07.447.926. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.07.447.1002_07.447.964_07.447.1025_07.447.926_07.447.961_09.889.321_NegID_07.447.1025GRPA_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Pounding Stone</em>, ca. 4400–2675 B.C.E. Black and white diorite, 2 3/8 x 1 5/8 x 3 7/16 in. (6 x 4.2 x 8.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 07.447.926. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.07.447.174_.783b_.783a_.876_.879_.882_.884_.926_.936_.959_.960_.962_.963_.964_.790a-i_09.889.296a_NegID_07.447.174GRPC_print_bw.jpg)

Pounding Stone, ca. 4400–2675 B.C.E. Black and white diorite, 2 3/8 x 1 5/8 x 3 7/16 in. (6 x 4.2 x 8.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 07.447.926. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.07.447.174_.783b_.783a_.876_.879_.882_.884_.926_.936_.959_.960_.962_.963_.964_.790a-i_09.889.296a_NegID_07.447.174GRPC_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Pounding Stone</em>, ca. 4400–2675 B.C.E. Black and white diorite, 2 3/8 x 1 5/8 x 3 7/16 in. (6 x 4.2 x 8.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 07.447.926. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.07.447.926_NegID_07.447.174GRPC_print_cropped_bw.jpg)

Pounding Stone, ca. 4400–2675 B.C.E. Black and white diorite, 2 3/8 x 1 5/8 x 3 7/16 in. (6 x 4.2 x 8.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 07.447.926. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.07.447.926_NegID_07.447.174GRPC_print_cropped_bw.jpg)

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Pounding Stone

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Black and white diorite
DATES ca. 4400–2675 B.C.E.
PERIOD Predynastic Period to Early Dynastic Period
DIMENSIONS 2 3/8 x 1 5/8 x 3 7/16 in. (6 x 4.2 x 8.8 cm)  (show scale)
COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
ACCESSION NUMBER 07.447.926
CREDIT LINE Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
CAPTION Pounding Stone, ca. 4400–2675 B.C.E. Black and white diorite, 2 3/8 x 1 5/8 x 3 7/16 in. (6 x 4.2 x 8.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 07.447.926. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.07.447.174_.783b_.783a_.876_.879_.882_.884_.926_.936_.959_.960_.962_.963_.964_.790a-i_09.889.296a_NegID_07.447.174GRPC_print_bw.jpg)
IMAGE group, CUR.07.447.174_.783b_.783a_.876_.879_.882_.884_.926_.936_.959_.960_.962_.963_.964_.790a-i_09.889.296a_NegID_07.447.174GRPC_print_bw.jpg., 2012
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<em>Pounding Stone</em>, ca. 4400–2675 B.C.E. Black and white diorite, 2 3/8 x 1 5/8 x 3 7/16 in. (6 x 4.2 x 8.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 07.447.926. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.07.447.174_.783b_.783a_.876_.879_.882_.884_.926_.936_.959_.960_.962_.963_.964_.790a-i_09.889.296a_NegID_07.447.174GRPC_print_bw.jpg)

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Egypt
Egyptian
pounding
stone
black
white
diorite
food
drink
Preparation
hammerstone
predynastic
early dynastic
settlement
El 'Adaima
pebble
hammer

TAGS

Egypt
Egyptian
pounding
stone
black
white
diorite
food
drink
Preparation
hammerstone
predynastic
early dynastic
settlement
El 'Adaima
pebble
hammer

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