Tools and EquipmentNear Eastern3rd millennium BCE
Miniature stone pestle
c. 2500-2000 BCE
Dimensions
4 x 3.1 cm (1 9/16 x 1 1/4 in.)
Provenance
Louise M. and George E. Bates, Camden, ME (by 1971-1992), gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1992.
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