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Part of an olive oil press
at Vathypetro. LMIa (1600- 1550 BC).
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Sketch of a trapetum-style olive
oil press. This type of press consisted of a large, deep basin
(mortarium) and a central shaft (miliarium), upon which two circular
millstones (orbes) were secured in such a way that the olive pulp
was removed from the pits without cracking the pits.
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Stone trough with a spout from
the palace of Phaistos. LMIII.
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Large stone basin (mortarium)
used in a trapetum- style olive oil press, from Gavalochori, Chania.
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Millstone (orbis) used in a
trapetum-style olive oil press.
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Skyphos (beaker) with a scene
showing the extraction of olive pulp at an olive oil press,
from Therasia (6th c. BC).
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