Grinders, Pounders, Picks

This category includes objects used for pounding or grinding. These objects are probably used mostly in food preparation and fine manufacturing

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U Number	Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)	Museum Number (BM Registration Number)	Museum Number (UPM B-number)	Description (Catalog Card)
11928G	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A.1-.3] Limestone offering Table [B-F] 5 Copper Daggers & [G-H] 2 Whetstones. All type V with central rib-shape of gold dagger-blades.
11928H	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A.1-.3] Limestone Offering Table [B-F] 5 Copper Daggers & [G-H] 2 Whetstones. All type V with central rib-shape of gold dagger-blades.
11947D	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper Tools. (A) Flat trowel-shaped blade with long handle. [Drawing] (B-C) with this two awls (D) Square whetstone with hole in one corner.
11967B	30-12-654	(none)	(none)	[A] Copper Chisel. Type IV B. [B] With this, a whetstone of white stone.
12002	(none)	1929,1017.396	(none)	Whetstone(broken) Grey stone; stick form.
12095	30-12-624	(none)	(none)	Whetstone. Perforated top. Pierced for suspension. Normal type. [drawing]
12165	(none)	1929,1017.395	(none)	Whetstone. Normal type. 1 end perforated for suspension & still containing a fragment of copper wire.
12192	(none)	1935,0113.381	(none)	Whetstone. Normal type.
12198	(none)	(none)	(none)	Whetstone on a copper ring. Normal type. Tip missing.
12202	(none)	1929,1017.399	(none)	Whetstone on copper ring. Normal type.
12203	(none)	(none)	(none)	Whetstone. Perforated at one end, traces of copper ring. Normal type.
12210	(none)	(none)	(none)	Whetstone. On copper ring (broken) Normal type.
12220	31-16-431	(none)	(none)	Mortar. Limestone. White. Type LXXX. Variant. [drawing]
12256F	(none)	(none)	(none)	Group: [A] (1) Wreath of 16 gold beech leaves on lapis & carnelian strings. [B] (2) Frontlet of gold, lentoid shaped, rosette decoration on long gold wire ties, looped one end, the other end consists of a carnelian ring bead the wire being coiled to prevent it from falling off. Frontlet is bent double. [C] (3) Gold coil earring. 2 1/2 coils. [D] (4) Gold coil earring. 1 1/2 coils. [E-F] (5) 2 gold chains. Double twisted links giving a square section. Strung with 1 gold facetted lentoid & 2 lapis ditto.with carnelian ring beads in between. [G] (6) Whetstone. [H] (7) Silver pin with lapis ball head & gold cap, straight, circular in section. [I] (8) Beads. Large carnelian bugles and small lapis double conoids & 1 jasper bugle; flattened carnelian double conoids & flattened rectangular lapis beads one with a rib down middle. [J] (9) Copper Axe. Type XIX. [K](10) Bowl. White calcite. [Type IX] [drawing] [L](11) Stone bowl. White calcite. [M] (12) Ostrich shell badly broken. Traces of red paint. [N] (13) Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli 2 registers: above, banquet scene; below, men fighting crossed animals- -lions.
12292	(none)	(none)	(none)	Whetstone. Normal type; perforated, remains of copper wire.
12305	30-12-540	(none)	(none)	Whetstone. Normal type.
12348	(none)	(none)	(none)	Whetstone. [drawing]
12432A	30-12-594	(none)	(none)	Tomb groups. With bodies. [Numbered entries refer to bodies, not all bodies associated with objects.] --No. 3: [A] Whetstone. --No. 11: [B] Silver wire spiral coil earring. [C] Lapis and silver lentoid and bugle beads. --No. 13: [D] Silver wire spiral coil earring. [E] Facetted lapis bugles and some silver lentoid beads. --No. 14: [F-G] 2 silver wire spiral coil earrings . [H] Small lapis lentoid beads. --No. 15: [I] Double conoid lapis beads. --No. 16: [J] Very small lapis ball beads. --No.17: [K] Large facetted lapis lentoids. --No. 18: [L] Lapis double conoid beads. --No. 19: [M] Lapis lentoids and some silver beads. --No. 20: [N-O] 2 silver wire spiral coil earrings. [P] Lapis lentoid beads. --No. 21: [Q] Small lapis lentoid beads. --No. 22: [R] Silver wire spiral coil earrings. [S] Facetted lapis lentoid beads. [T] Cylinder seal, white shell, decayed (not kept) --No. 23: [U] Silver wire spiral coil earring. [V] Lapis and silver small lentoid beads and a few lapis balls.
12445A	(none)	1929,1017.394	(none)	Varia. [A-B] 2 whetstones. [C-F] 4 silver wire spiral coil earrings.
12445B	(none)	1929,1017.398	(none)	Varia. [A-B] 2 whetstones. [C-F] 4 silver wire spiral coil earrings.
12489B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Copper dagger Type II D, and [B] whetstone. Whetstone of Greenish stone. [Text reordered for clarity].
12746A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Pestle and [B] mortar. Stone. Grey. Pestle is sausage shaped - like a truncated cone with convex sides. [Mortar type] XVI [drawing 2:5]
12746B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Pestle and [B] mortar. Stone. Grey. Pestle is sausage shaped - like a truncated cone with convex sides. [Mortar type] XVI [drawing 2:5]
12771J	(none)	1928,1010.716	(none)	Objects. (A) Miniature white calcite bowl (the rim chipped) thus [reference to drawing] [Type RC12]. [drawing 1:1] (B) Shallow bowl of basic diorite (?). (C) Fragment of stone bowl (?) re-used and pierced with 3 holes: basic diorite (?). [drawing] (D) Miniature square box roughly made from light drab clay. (E) Miniature clay bowl. (F) Miniature goblet in light drab clay thus [reference to drawing]. [drawing 1:2] (G) Wheelmade pot of pinkish clay with pin-hole orifice at neck (neck broken off). [drawing] (H) Clay bead (?) or handle (?) rough cylinder longitudinally pierced. [U.12771I not assigned] (J) Oval pebble burnisher. Thin and flat. (K) Flint chip. (L) Flint saw. (M) Part of clay jar-sealing with indistinct traces of relief. (N) Clay jar sealing with rows of animals. [drawing 1:1] (O) Flint hoe (?) of T.O. type [Tel Obaid].
13577	(none)	1930,1213.500	(none)	Whetstone. Normal type found in PGs. Facetted. Perforated top. [drawing]