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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Grinding Stone
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art

Grinding Stone

Place ExcavatedJericho, Palestine, Asia
PeriodPre-Pottery Neolithic B
Date8500-7000 BCE
MediumStone
Credit LineJericho Excavations, 1952-1958
Dimensions4 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (11.4 x 13.9 cm)
Object number1955.140
Label TextStone grinders, querns, and pestles were used to prepare flour.
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - Spring 2001
Published ReferencesKathleen Kenyon, Excavations at Jericho V: The Pottery Phases of the Tell and Other Finds (London: British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem, 1983), 538, number 1198.
ProvenanceExcavated by Kathleen Kenyon (1906-1978), Jericho, Palestine.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art