Corinth Object: ZST 31
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   ZST 31
Title:   EARLY HELLADIC POUNDER
Category:   Miscellaneous
Category Code:   ZST
Object Number:   31
Old Number:   Z 31, Z 37
Description:   Pounder. Rounded cuboid. Horizontal section approaches circular. Possible rubbing wear on all faces. 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:   Dark gray to blue-black stone
Condition:   Complete or intact. Complete.
Weight Description:   0.500
Weight:   0.500
Period:   Early Helladic
Findspot Description:   R West VI, Zygouries
Bibliography:   Blegen 1928, Zygouries, p. 200, fig. 188.12
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece