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Collection Item: Whetstone
Basic info
- Collection
- Archaeology
- Object name
- Whetstone
- Object category
- Anglo-Scandinavian
- Description
- Rectangular section, flaring slightly towards head. Pierced for suspension. Broken towards base.
Associated with Bishophill Junior, Skeleton 1: "a whetstone slightly above the finger bones as if lying on the stomach" (Whenham et al. 1897: 80)
- Production date start
- 866
- Production date end
- 1066
- Period
- Anglo-Scandinavian
Identification
- Object number
- YORYM : 1975.27
- Number of objects
- 1
- ID
- 15654
Physical Characteristics
- Materials
- Stone (Whetstone)
- Dimensions
- Whole length 64.0 mm
- Whole width 11.0 mm
- Whole thickness 8.0 mm
Find spot
- Method
- Archaeological excavation
- Place
- York
