Stone tool: sandstone boring stone
Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: street G 7000, G 7111, avenue G 1, avenue G 2
Crystalline sandstone (red quartzite (?) from Gebel Ahmer) grinder for boring holes (boring stone); broken.
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: 1:2
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_24-11-878
- Alternate IDs
- HUMFA_24-11-878; 24-11-878
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Tools & equipment-Woodworking and stoneworking
- Entry Date
- 11/27/1924
- Title
- Stone tool: sandstone boring stone
- Medium
- Sandstone (red quartzite ?)
- Dimensions
- Width: 5.55 cm Length: 6.3 cm Thickness: 3 cm
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- [Street G 7000], W of mastaba G 7110-7120: G 7110