This hammer stone is made of granite, but given the smoothness of its surface and shape of the stone appears to have been worked by a natural body of water -- likely a river. The tool is fractured in a number of places. While it has one half that is more or less in tact, it seems that on its other half it was fractured in such a way that it is missing an end as well as part of the body. The "in tact" end has also suffered some damage. It seems possible, however, that this damage is the product of extensive use. While the morphology of the tool is definitely that of a conventional hammer, it seems likely that it also would have been utilized as a grinder. The presence of this object in a looted tomb context lends itself to multiple explanations. This tool could have been re-purposed as architectural building material (in the construction of locus 5) or more likely it was part of the cultural wash layer that filled the tomb after it was disturbed. The weight of the tool exceeded that of our scale's maximum capacity (400g), which is why it has yet to be recorded.