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Upper part of a bivalve mill
Upper part of a bivalve mill
Upper part of a bivalve volcanic stone mill, probably unfinished since only one of the ears has the hole to put the necessary levers to move the rotating part of the mill (catillus).
The bivalve mills had two parts, the lower one with a conical shape, called meta, and the upper part, like the one preserved in the Museum of Badalona, called catillus. This served as a funnel to throw the cereal into.
The rotary traction of the upper part of the bivalve mills could be done by slaves, but usually an animal was attached to it, usually a donkey, hence the name Asinaria mill. We can see it in Pompeii in the furnace-mill of Terentius Proculus.
Material: Volcanic stone Dimensions: 45 x 61 cm; diàm. max. 48 mínim 46 Ref.: MB 11348
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