Tools and EquipmentIranian9th-8th century BCE
Whetstone
900-700 BCE
Description
Whetstone with hole for attachment to bronze finial of the type found in Luristan; compare 1931.4.
Dimensions
2 x 2 x 11.9 cm (13/16 x 13/16 x 4 11/16 in.)
Provenance
Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Miss Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Museum, 1920. Note: The Misses Norton were daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).
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