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To: SunkenCiv
I had to look this up.

Quern-stones are a pair of stone tools for hand
grinding a wide variety of materials.
The lower, stationary, stone is called a quern,
whilst the upper, mobile, stone is called a handstone.

6 posted on 08/17/2008 10:24:09 PM PDT by HuntsvilleTxVeteran (Remember the Alamo, Goliad and WACO, It is Time for a new San Jacinto!)
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To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran

I have a very small ‘complete set’ I found on the ridge above my house.
[since I live in “Indian Springs” I suppose it’s not hard to guess their origins]

I just called them a grindstone and considered them to be a sort of mortar and pestle.
It’s rather small so it may have been for herbs or paints.
The round grinding “ball” is about the size of a tennis ball and the ‘bowl’ is about 10 inches around.

Thanks for telling me what they’re actually called...:)


10 posted on 08/18/2008 11:06:41 PM PDT by Salamander (And don't forget my Dog; fixed and consequent......)
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