Rectangular mortar, Early Bronze Age, 3rd millennium B.C., Southwestern Arabia, Veined marble, 1.61 x 6.26 x 8.39 in. (4.09 x 15.9 x 21.31 cm), Stone-Vessels, This smoothly worked rectangular mortar has a raised edge around all four sides. Mortars were used for grinding many different substances, food as well as pigments and incense. The visually attractive material of this example, with its contrasting bands of color, suggests it was used for special materials rather than everyday food preparation
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Rectangular mortar, Early Bronze Age, 3rd millennium B.C, Southwestern Arabia, Veined marble, 1.61 x 6.26 8.39, 4.09 15.9 21.31 cm, Stone-Vessels, smoothly, worked, rectangular, mortar, raised edge, four sides, Mortars, grinding, different substances, food, well, pigments, incense, visually attractive, material, example, contrasting bands, color, special materials, everyday food, preparation
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