- Brief Description
- Contemporary mortar and pestle
- Item type
- Object
- Provenance
- Donated by Emilie Savage-Smith, Professor of the History of Islamic Science (retired), The Oriental Institute, University of Oxford. Acquired by Professor Savage-Smith at a souvenir market in Damascus in 1985.
- Physical material
- metal
- Object type
- Mortar & pestle
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 7.2cm Height: 3.7cm Width: 8.5cm Weight: 0.3kg
- Inventory No
- 18631
Description
Contemporary Islamic mortar and pestle. On the mortar there are four small handles positioned unevenly around the edge and concentric circle line designs on the interior base. The mortar has a tear drop and flattened bulb top and there is a wider band roughly half way down.
