Steatite Polished Pestle Stamp

Steatite Polished Pestle Stamp

Description:

Steatite pestle or stamp; truncated cone; polished surface with signed of vertical paring marks on the sides; sixteen holes sunk into one end . Paper label stuck to the side on which is writtem the number 5, probably the tomb number.


Dimensions: Height: 2.50 centimetres; Width: 1.70 centimetres bottom ; Width: 0.80 centimetres top


Object Type: pestle; stamp


Techniques: polished

Period:

Late Bronze Age I

Date:

1650 - 1050 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Klavdia

Accession Number:

1899,1229.40