This object comes from the tomb of Sabu, Egypt.
Artifact · Authenticated · Cairo

Sabu disk (tri-lobed schist disc)

A stone bowl 61 cm across, with three lobes 120 degrees apart, has no agreed use.

Experts have called it a lamp, a copy of a metal pot and a beer rake. Which reading fits the shape best?

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