Mortar, foot ring and groove below rim

Made:
1000 BCE-1500 CE
Small maroon porphyry (?) mortar with foot ring and groove

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Small maroon porphyry (?) mortar with foot ring and groove
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Small maroon porphyry (?) mortar with foot ring and groove below rim, possibly north African or Middle Eastern, 1000BC-1500

Details

Category:
Classical & Medieval Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A658151
Materials:
porphry, ? material
Measurements:
height 65 mm
rim: diameter 103 mm
base: diameter 76 mm
type:
mortars