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)
8151	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone mortar. Clumsily made of coarse stone. [drawing] Type XVI.
8090	(none)	(none)	(none)	Whetstone. Brown stone, with hole at one end. Square section, the corners rounded off.
8076	(none)	1928,1009.435	(none)	Whetstone. Dark stone with remains of the copper ring through the hole in the smaller end. (octagonal section).
8035	(none)	(none)	B17096	Brown whetstone. [drawing 1:1]
8025	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone rubber. Black diorite. [drawing 1:1]
7993	(none)	1928,1009.436	(none)	Whetstone of greenish dark stone pierced at one end.
7543	(none)	1928,1009.429	(none)	Pestle. Greyish marble. Cylindrical with hemispherical top and bottom. Bottom slightly wider than top. [drawing 1:1]
6990	(none)	(none)	(none)	Grinder. Diorite? Black. Highly polished. Oval shaped, Long sides flat, short sides rounded. E.
6651	(none)	1927,0527.66	(none)	Mortar. Diorite. Grey. Vol. VII. See fieldnote C7 for sketch.
6405	(none)	(none)	(none)	Grindstone. Broken.
6235B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Pair of black rubbing stones. Nob of one fitting into socket of the other. E.
6235A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Pair of black rubbing stones. Nob of one fitting into socket of the other. E.
6203	(none)	(none)	(none)	Whetstone. Black. E. [drawing]
513	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone plummet. Coarse. Limestone. [drawing 1:1]
3181	(none)	1927,1003.73	(none)	Whetstone. Brown pebble, worn smooth, ends rounded.
22B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Whetstones. (A) Dark grey slatey stone. [drawing 1:1] (B) Reddish pebble. [drawing 1:1]
22A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Whetstones. (A) Dark grey slatey stone. [drawing 1:1] (B) Reddish pebble. [drawing 1:1]
196	(none)	(none)	B14962	Stone hammer-head. Fr of Probably part of ceremonial or votive object. [drawing] 3rd Dynasty Uruk-Kuri-Galzu floor of E-nun-mah
195	(none)	1923,1110.49	(none)	Granite pick-head. Broken. Ceremonial or votive offering. [drawing]
194	(none)	(none)	B14960	Granite pick-head. Broken. Ceremonial votive offering. [drawing].
18991	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone mortar. Coarse white limestone. Type 37a.
18328	(none)	(none)	(none)	Whetstone. Lapis lazuli, on a gold ring. Stone square in section with levelled corners: The ring is of fairly thick gold wire the ends of which have been thinned and twisted round each other.
17704	(none)	(none)	(none)	Grinder. Diorite. Great toe of left foot of statue sawn off and used as grinder. [drawing 1:1]
17424	(none)	(none)	(none)	Whetstone. Sandstone (?). Grey. 4 sided. Type see field note.
17387	(none)	1931,1010.131	(none)	Whetstone. Large rectangular block. Sandstone (?) Broken in 2 pieces.