Nineveh and Babylon; a narrative of a second expedition to Assyria during the years 1849, 1850, and 1851 (1867)
Layard, Austen Henry, Sir, 1817-1894 · London J. Murray · leaf 181
circ:iilartlal stones, gene-rally about eighteen inches in diameter, the ujjper turningloosely upon a wooden pivot, and moved cjuickly round by awooden handle. The grain is passed through the hole ofthe jiivot, and the Hour is collected in a cloth spread underthe mill. It is then nnxed with water,… … Arab Women grinding Corn with a Hand-mill, rolling out the Dough, and baking the Bread. of Babylon told to sit in the dust and on the ground, and to take the millstones to grind meal. The tribes, who are always moving from place to place,bake their bread on a slightly convex iron plate, called…
