Stone tool: sandstone whetstone
Piece of red brown sandstone, used as rubbing stone; traces of copper on seven sides.
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: 1:2
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_36-3-20
- Alternate IDs
- HUMFA_36-3-20; 36-3-20
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Tools & equipment-Woodworking and stoneworking
- Entry Date
- 03/14/1936
- Title
- Stone tool: sandstone whetstone
- Medium
- Sandstone
- Dimensions
- Width: 12 cm Length: 15.5 cm Thickness: 10 cm
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Pit G 2001 C, chamber
- Bibliography
- Simpson, William Kelly. Mastabas of the Western Cemetery, Part 1: Sekhemka (G 1029); Tjetu I (G 2001); Iasen (G 2196); Penmeru (G 2197); Hagy, Nefertjentet, and Herunefer (G 2352/53); Djaty, Tjetu II, and Nimesti (G 2337X, 2343, 2366). Giza Mastabas 4. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1980, p. 14.
