Whetstones

This category includes stones that are used for sharpening blades.

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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]
6203	(none)	(none)	(none)	Whetstone. Black. E. [drawing]
8035	(none)	(none)	B17096	Brown whetstone. [drawing 1:1]
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
8298	(none)	(none)	B17090	Whetstone. Hole perforated through top for attachment. Rectangular in section. Rounded top. [drawing]
8431	(none)	(none)	B17091	Whetstone Perforated at top Facetted [drawing c. 1:1]
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
8548	(none)	(none)	B17565	Whetstone Brown stone, pierced at top end: in the hole remains of the copper ring.
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.
8692	(none)	(none)	B16959	Whetstone. Brown stone. Circular in section: head pierced for suspension ring.
8908	(none)	(none)	(none)	Whetstone. Triangular: of dark stone. [drawing]
9746	(none)	(none)	B17095	Whetstone Rounded top Square in section [drawing] 1:1
9882	(none)	(none)	(none)	Whetstone Perforated top Roughly rounded in section [drawing]
9934	(none)	(none)	B17093	Whetstone Dark grey, a rod octagonal in section with a (broken) copper ring for suspension
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]