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Stone tool: sandstone whetstone

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2150, G 2200 = G 5080, G 2342 = G 5020, G 2370, G 5520, G 2340 = G 5480, G 2120

White sandstone polishing stone; used on all four sides, traces of copper. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:2

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_33-1-57
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Tools & equipment-Woodworking and stoneworking
  • Findspot
    Pit G 2150 A, debris of chamber
  • Material
    Sandstone
  • Dimensions
    Width: 11 cm Length: 12.2 cm Thickness: 5.4 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 33.1057
  • Date of Register Entry
    01/14/1933
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 2150

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Full Bibliography

  • Reisner, George A. A History of the Giza Necropolis 1. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942, p. 443, fig. 267, p. 445.