Basically cylindrical orange porphyry pestle
- Made:
- 305-30 BCE
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Basically cylindrical orange porphyry pestle, carved decoration showing hunting scenes on shaft and finial, Greek inscription, Egyptian, probably from Ptolemaic period, 305-30 BCE
Details
- Category:
- Classical & Medieval Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A231959
- Materials:
- porphyry
- type:
- pestle
