Translations:Mortar and pestle/18/en

The mortar and pestle in culture and symbols

Baba Yaga flies in her mortar, by Ivan Bilibin.

The antiquity of the mortar and pestle is well documented in early writing, such as the Egyptian Ebers Papyrus of around 1550 BC (the oldest preserved piece of medical literature) and the Old Testament (Numbers 11:8 and Proverbs 27:22).