Black Stone Mortar

Black Stone Mortar

Description:

Small black stone mortar; ground and polished; plain, shallow convex bowl, slightly carinated in the bottom half, with flattened base; the uneven interior surface of the mortar is suggestive of use-wear; edges chipped, interior cracked.


Dimensions: Diameter: 10.60 centimetres


Object Type: mortar


Techniques: ground; polished

Period:

Late Bronze Age I

Date:

1650 - 1050 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Episkopi-Bamboula

Accession Number:

1896,0201.22