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Collection Item: Whetstone
Basic info
- Collection
- Archaeology
- Object name
- Whetstone
- Object category
- Anglo-Scandinavian
- Description
- Sub-rectangular whetstone, heavily worn. Six scoring grooves are evident, three on each long side. The waist is prominently expanded. Fine-grained, well compacted sandstone.
- Production date start
- 866
- Production date end
- 1066
- Period
- Anglo-Scandinavian
Identification
- Object number
- YORYM : 1947.1951.1
- Alternative number
- 1951/47
- 1951.47
- Number of objects
- 1
- ID
- 388
Physical Characteristics
- Materials
- Stone (Whole)
Production
- Technique
- Worked