Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Field photograph·JL158

Grinding stones for grain

Two-part stone hand mill for grain, with a wooden handle peg, standing on wooden planks
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, JL158. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A two-part rotary grinding stone sits on rough wooden boards: a thick lower stone disc with a wider upper stone on top, the upper stone fitted with a tall wooden peg at its back edge and a short pin at its centre. Behind it, a plastered wall is patched and flaking, with a bundle of cloth at the left and a wooden door frame at the right edge.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Two grinding stones for grain on a wooden table in front of a cracked plaster wall.
Description, scan 2
A rotary hand quern of two round grey stones stands on a wooden table. The upper stone has a tall dark wooden peg rising from its top and a shorter pin at the centre. Behind it a plastered wall is cracked and patchy, with a dark cloth bundle to the left and a door edge at the right.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Grinding stones for grain. Cyprus craft, JL158.

Swedish, as on the record

Malstenar för säd.

Swedish, as on the record

Cypern Hantverk. JL158