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)
22A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Whetstones. (A) Dark grey slatey stone. [drawing 1:1] (B) Reddish pebble. [drawing 1:1]
22B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Whetstones. (A) Dark grey slatey stone. [drawing 1:1] (B) Reddish pebble. [drawing 1:1]
194	(none)	(none)	B14960	Granite pick-head. Broken. Ceremonial votive offering. [drawing].
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
513	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone plummet. Coarse. Limestone. [drawing 1:1]
824	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone mortar. of fairly hard greenish grey stone. [drawing]
825	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone pestle. of hard whitish limestone.
6203	(none)	(none)	(none)	Whetstone. Black. E. [drawing]
6235A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Pair of black rubbing stones. Nob of one fitting into socket of the other. E.
6405	(none)	(none)	(none)	Grindstone. Broken.
6990	(none)	(none)	(none)	Grinder. Diorite? Black. Highly polished. Oval shaped, Long sides flat, short sides rounded. E.
8025	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone rubber. Black diorite. [drawing 1:1]
8035	(none)	(none)	B17096	Brown whetstone. [drawing 1:1]
8090	(none)	(none)	(none)	Whetstone. Brown stone, with hole at one end. Square section, the corners rounded off.
8151	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone mortar. Clumsily made of coarse stone. [drawing] Type XVI.
8255	(none)	(none)	(none)	Whetstone. Flat, lentoid in section. Rounded top, flat base. Perforated top - through hole and fragment of copper wire probably originally suspended from the belt of the owner. [drawing ]1/2
8298	(none)	(none)	B17090	Whetstone. Hole perforated through top for attachment. Rectangular in section. Rounded top. [drawing]
8431	(none)	(none)	B17091	Whetstone Perforated at top Facetted [drawing c. 1:1]
8478	(none)	(none)	(none)	Whetstone Octagonal in section Perforated top with part of copper wire inside hole [drawing] 1:2
8484	(none)	(none)	(none)	Whetstone Octagonal Perforated top
8490	(none)	(none)	(none)	Grindstone Roughly triangular with rounded edges. Slight hollow at one end. [drawing] 1:1
8491	(none)	(none)	(none)	Whetstone Perforated top [drawing] 1:1
8548	(none)	(none)	B17565	Whetstone Brown stone, pierced at top end: in the hole remains of the copper ring.
8563	(none)	(none)	(none)	Whetstone. Grey stone. Pierced at the end where was a silver ring attaching it to the 3 big beads U.8562 and the gold chain U.8561A. See field notes.
8692	(none)	(none)	B16959	Whetstone. Brown stone. Circular in section: head pierced for suspension ring.