Mortar, stone, cylindrical but tapering slightly towards base

Made:: 1-1900

Stone mortar, cylindrical but tapering slightly towards base
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Stone mortar, cylindrical but tapering slightly towards base, possibly Middle Eastern or North African, 1-1900

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Category:: Classical & Medieval Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A658176

Materials:: stone

Measurements:: height 58 mm
rim: diameter 46 mm
base: diameter 34 mm

type:: mortars

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Mortar, stone, cylindrical but tapering slightly towards base

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