Pestle
Place made:Egypt
Place found:el-Amarna, Egypt
Culture: Egyptian
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Date: ca. 1352-1336 BC
Medium: Wood
Dimensions:
3 11/16 × 2 1/4 in. (9.3 × 5.7 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, purchased with the Antiquities Acquisition Fund
Object number: 92.78.4
Provenance: Excavated at Amarna by the Egypt Exploration Society before 1924; Egypt Exploration Society, by gift to Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, 1923 or 1924 (Toledo accession no. 25.1093); deaccessioned by Toledo Museum of Art, 1991; sold, Sotheby's, New York, June 25, 1992, lot 260; sold by Peter Sharrer, Hillsdale, NJ, to San Antonio Museum of Art, 1992
Published References
Sotheby's, New York, June 25, 1992, lot 260.
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