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This grinding stone and pestle would have been used to grind grains for cooking or to grind minerals to make pigments. Both the grinding stone and pestle come from the early Neolithic site of Jarmo.

 Jericho Plastered Skull

Name: Grinding Stone and Pestle

Material: Stone

Size:
Mortar:
Length: 197 mm (7.8 in)
Width: 106 mm (4.2 in)
Height: 30 mm (1.2 in)
Pestle:
Height: 198 mm (7.8 in)
Diameter: 85 mm (3.3 in)

Date: early Neolithic

Place of Origin: Jarmo, Iraq

Location: Oriental Institute Museum

Source and Registration#: Oriental Institute Museum. Mortar - OIM A66672, Pestle – A66675

Gil Stein

Director of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago