Whetstones
This category includes stones that are used for sharpening blades.
This category includes stones that are used for sharpening blades.
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| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 22A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Whetstones. (A) Dark grey slatey stone. [drawing 1:1] (B) Reddish pebble. [drawing 1:1] |
| 22B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Whetstones. (A) Dark grey slatey stone. [drawing 1:1] (B) Reddish pebble. [drawing 1:1] |
| 513 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone plummet. Coarse. Limestone. [drawing 1:1] |
| 3181 | (none) | 1927,1003.73 | (none) | Whetstone. Brown pebble, worn smooth, ends rounded. |
| 6203 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Whetstone. Black. E. [drawing] |
| 7993 | (none) | 1928,1009.436 | (none) | Whetstone of greenish dark stone pierced at one end. |
| 8076 | (none) | 1928,1009.435 | (none) | Whetstone. Dark stone with remains of the copper ring through the hole in the smaller end. (octagonal section). |
| 8090 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Whetstone. Brown stone, with hole at one end. Square section, the corners rounded off. |
| 8255 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Whetstone. Flat, lentoid in section. Rounded top, flat base. Perforated top - through hole and fragment of copper wire probably originally suspended from the belt of the owner. [drawing ]1/2 |
| 8478 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Whetstone Octagonal in section Perforated top with part of copper wire inside hole [drawing] 1:2 |
| 8484 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Whetstone Octagonal Perforated top |
| 8491 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Whetstone Perforated top [drawing] 1:1 |
| 8511 | (none) | 1928,1009.437 | (none) | Whetstone Grey stone Section rectangular with bevelled corners: hole at end for suspension. |
| 8563 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Whetstone. Grey stone. Pierced at the end where was a silver ring attaching it to the 3 big beads U.8562 and the gold chain U.8561A. See field notes. |
| 8695 | (none) | 1928,1009.434 | (none) | Whetstone. Grey stone. Circular section: head pierced and in the hole remains of silver suspension ring. |
| 8908 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Whetstone. Triangular: of dark stone. [drawing] |
| 9140B | (none) | 1928,1009.438 | (none) | Whetstones. Two A:B large & heavy of grey stone. one [A] pierced at the top for suspension. |
| 9882 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Whetstone Perforated top Roughly rounded in section [drawing] |
| 9939 | (none) | 1928,1010.414 | (none) | Whetstone (Broken) |
| 9941 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Whetstone. Originally with copper ring, now disappeared. |
| 9945 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Whetstone |
| 9950 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Whetstone With hole for suspension |
| 10015 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Whetstone Lapis lazuli Hung on a thin gold ring which was attached to the silver belt |
| 10078 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Whetstone (?) Sausage-shaped: made of a coralline limestone (?) Dark bluish grey with white annumitic markings |
| 10079 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Whetstone Dark grey stone Roughly square: suspended by a copper ring (broken & missing) which went through a hole pierced from the two edges across a corner [drawing] |
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