Object Description
A fine Near Eastern alabaster pestle and mortar set. The mortar features a circular mouth and thin, sloping walls that flare out to meet a wide, flat, circular base. The pestle fits neatly into the mortar, displaying convex sides which widen to form a flat, circular terminus. The top of the pestle is slightly domed. The alabaster of the mortar is beige in colour, with natural bands and striations of white, cream and brown. The pestle has a more opaque quality about it, presenting with a darker shade with natural striations of white and brown.
The pestle weighs 14.4g and measures 5cm in height and 2.2cm in width. The mortar weighs 124.5g and measures 6.3cm in diameter and 3cm in height.
Date: Circa 3rd Millennium BC