| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | ZST 26 | |
| Title: | EARLY HELLADIC PESTLE | |
| Category: | Miscellaneous | |
| Category Code: | ZST | |
| Object Number: | 26 | |
| Old Number: | Z 26 | |
| Description: | Stone pestle. Cylindrical, but tapers inwards toward the center, creating a concave profile. Very slightly convex ends. Circular in section. Blegen identifies these as characteristic household implements throughout the Early Helladic period, with examples from Korakou, Gonia, Yiriza in the Corinthia, as well as Tomb 338 at Chalandriane on Syra in the Cyclades. Material appears to be selected for its color or veining. Though the shape is similar to that of teracotta spools, these are more likely to be pestles, perhaps for powdering colors in small palettes (Blegen 1928, p. 197-198). | |
| Decoration: | none | |
| Material: | Whitish stone with gray and yellow | |
| Condition: | Complete or intact. Complete. | |
| Weight Description: | 0.010 | |
| Weight: | 0.010 | |
| Period: | Early Helladic | |
| Findspot Description: | Trial Trench VI, Zygouries | |
| Bibliography: | Blegen 1928, Zygouries, p. 197-198, pl. XXII.21 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Image: bw 2002 012 14 |
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