Corinth Object: ZST 40
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   ZST 40
Title:   EARLY HELLADIC POUNDER
Category:   Miscellaneous
Category Code:   ZST
Object Number:   40
Old Number:   Z 40
Description:   Pounder. Rounded trapezoidal profile. Bottom and preserved end show rubbing wear. Top has a rounded hallow. 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 stone
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., preserving perhaps 1/3-1/2 tool.
Weight Description:   0.120
Weight:   0.120
Period:   Early Helladic
Findspot Description:   Trench J, Zygouries
Bibliography:   Blegen 1928, Zygouries, p. 200
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece