© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University

ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art

Pestle

AAT Object Form/Functionpestles

Place ExcavatedJericho, Palestine, Asia

PeriodPre-Pottery Neolithic A-B

Date8500-7000 BCE

MediumBasalt, limestone, stone

Credit LineJericho Excavations, 1952-1958

Dimensions4 3/8 x 1 15/16 in. (11.2 x 4.9 cm)

Object number1955.135

Label TextStone grinders, querns, and pestles were used to prepare flour.
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - Spring 2001
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2001 - March 2004
The Carlos as Catalyst: The Transformation of the Museum at Emory, Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University, January 18 - May 31, 2019
Published ReferencesKathleen Kenyon, Excavations at Jericho V: The Pottery Phases of the Tell and Other Finds (London: British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem, 1983), 529, number 1168.

ProvenanceExcavated by Kathleen Kenyon (1906-1978), Jericho, Palestine.

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