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| Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Object | | Name: | | ZST 32 | | Title: | | EARLY HELLADIC POUNDER | | Category: | | Miscellaneous | | Category Code: | | ZST | | Object Number: | | 32 | | Old Number: | | Z 32 | | Description: | | Large pounder. Rounded rectangle. Rectangular in section. Five surfaces and edges show extensive rubbing wear and possible pecking. Sixth face less smooth, but possible rubbing wear. Pounders or grinders were common stone objects at Zygouries, found on floors of houses, and elsewhere on site, and likely for use with millstones. Most stone varieties were similar to those in local stream beds (Blegen 1928, 200). | | Decoration: | | none | | Material: | | Very dark gray stone | | Condition: | | Complete or intact. Two joining frgts., preserving complete stone. | | Weight Description: | | 0.880 | | Weight: | | 0.880 | | Period: | | Early Helladic | | Findspot Description: | | R West VI, Zygouries | | Bibliography: | | Blegen 1928, Zygouries, p. 200, fig. 188.13 | | Site: | | Corinth | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece |
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