Corinth Object: MF 1996 26
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   MF 1996 26
Title:   PORPHYRY FINGER PESTLE
Category Code:   MF
Year:   1996
Object Number:   26
Description:   Pestle with flattened grinding surface, handle fashioned as bent thumb with square cut nail, and four incised creases at first joint carefully delineated, skin gathered on opposite side where finger bends; cf. Corinth XII no. 1433.
Material:   Porphyry
Condition:   Complete or intact. Intact. Edge of bottom surface worn.
Dimensions Actual:   H00.055 L00.086
Period:   Late Roman (5th -6th c AD)
Chronology:   4th-5th c.
Area:   Panaghia Villa
Context:   NB885 B138 P167
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Panaghia Villa
Basket: NB885 B138 P167
Notebook Page: NB 885, spread 88 (p. 167)