Alabaster mortar
Unknown
ca. 1200–1050 BCE · Gypsum alabaster · Greek and Roman Art
Mortars such as this were more often made of steatite or andesite. They would have been used with a pestle for the grinding of pigments, medicines, or spices.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 1200–1050 BCE
- Medium
- Gypsum alabaster
- Culture
- Cypriot
- Department
- Greek and Roman Art
- Credit line
- The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
