Digital Giza | Stone tool: sandstone whetstone

Piece of crystalline sandstone used for shapening copper or bronze tools. Illustration: No

ID

HUMFA_25-12-236
Department

Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification

Tools & Equipment-Knives, Blades, Scrapers
Findspot

Pit G 6035 B, pit debris above chamber
Material

Sandstone
Dimensions

Height: 6.5 cm Width: 7 cm Length: 10 cm
Credit Line

Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Date of Register Entry

12/17/1925

G 6035
- Site Name Western Cemetery

A History of the Giza Necropolis III, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Appendix O: Cemetery G 6000, page 042
- ID: HUMFA_25-12-236