Corinth Object: ZST 11
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   ZST 11
Title:   EARLY HELLADIC POUNDER
Category:   Miscellaneous
Category Code:   ZST
Object Number:   11
Old Number:   Z 11
Description:   Pounder. Rounded cuboid. Horizontal section approaches circular. Top, bottom, and possibly one side surface show 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:   Gray to blue-black stone
Condition:   Complete or intact. Complete.
Weight Description:   0.220
Weight:   0.220
Period:   Early Helladic
Findspot Description:   East room (V), House of the Snailshells, Zygouries
Bibliography:   Blegen 1928, Zygouries, p. 200, fig. 188.6
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece