Digital Giza | Stone tool: whetstone

Roughly square piece of whitish stone; copper stains on three sides (used to sharpen tools ?). Illustration: No

ID

HUMFA_15-11-38b
Department

Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification

Tools & equipment-Miscellaneous
Findspot

Pit G 4940 A
Material

Stone
Dimensions

Width: 5.1 cm Length: 10 cm Thickness: 6.4 cm
Credit Line

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

11/14/1915

G 4940
- Site Name Western Cemetery

A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Appendix A: Cemetery en Échelon, Page ApxA 007
- ID: HUMFA_15-11-38b
A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Appendix A: Cemetery en Échelon, Page ApxA 007 (alternate version)
- ID: HUMFA_15-11-38b