stone hand-mill (mola manuaria)
Comment
- Dormant element of medium grain granite millstone with irregular polishing, cylindrical at the base and conical cone at the top; slightly convex subvertical side and flat base.
- General dimensions: diameter 45.5 cm and thickness between 9 cm (center) and 4.6 cm (side).
- Angle of the grinding surface: c. 18 degrees.
-Central sub-cylindrical hole vertically drilling the entire piece (diameter: 7.3).
- A rectangular notch with c. 14 x 4 cm and 0.8 cm in-depth diametrically intercepts the central perforation at the base .
- On the grinding surface, two concavities with a very elongated oval horizontal section are torn, with the following measures:
- major concavity (where the coins were): major axis with c. 10.2;
width between 1.8 and 2.3 and depths between 1.8 and 2.2;
- minor concavity: major axis 8; width between 1.6 cm and 2.5 cm and an average depth of c. 1.2 cm.
Silva 1990
Preservation
complete
Form
Hand-mill
Material
Stone
Hoard
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