Stone tool: sandstone whetstone
Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 1362, G 2184, G 1365, G 1206, G 1413, G 1157, G 1401, G 1201, G 4811+4812
Reddish sandstone rubbing stone; traces of copper on four sides.
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: 1:4
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_35-11-66
- Alternate IDs
- 35-11-66; HUMFA_35-11-66
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Tools & equipment-Woodworking and stoneworking
- Entry Date
- 11/21/1935
- Title
- Stone tool: sandstone whetstone
- Medium
- Sandstone
- Dimensions
- Width: 8.4 cm Length: 14 cm Thickness: 5.8 cm
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- G 4811+4812: pit G 4811 B, chamber
- Remarks
- G 4811 B burial chamber was first excavated (see diary Vol.09.p.055) and photographed (C6964, C6971, C6972, C6988) in 1915; reexcavated (see diary Vol.27.p.176) and objects registered in 1935.