Pestle

Inventory number

ΝΑ 1957 ΝΑΓ 281

Category

Tool

Period

Roman Period

Date

1st-3rd cent. AD

Dimensions

Height: 0.045 m

Material

Marble from Penteli

Location

Gallery of the Acropolis Slopes, Case 3, No 59

Found in 1957 on the south slope of the Acropolis. It is intact and in the form of a bent human finger rendered rather schematically.

Pestles of this type were used mainly for pulverising pigments, cosmetic or pharmaceutical substances.

Αδημοσίευτο/ Unpublished