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| Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Object | | Name: | | MF 13493 | | Title: | | LOWER MILLSTONE: ORB FROM TRAPETUM | | Category Code: | | MF | | Object Number: | | 13493 | | Related Objects: | | A 477 lapsed. | | Description: | | A lower millstone, flat on bottom, convex on top, provided with a large central axle hole in which revolved the axle that controlled the upper millstone. Hemisphere or orb from trapetum. Wheel turned on the axle in a large bowl or mortar. Axle socket only roughly square. Hemispherical or grinding side moderately worn by abrasion. | | Material: | | Coarse conglomerate rock. | | Condition: | | Complete or intact. Complete but chipped. | | Dimensions Actual: | | Th. max. 0.19, Diam. 0.62, axle hole 0.195 x 0.20 | | Site: | | Corinth | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece |
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