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HoB 240: Whetstone, cut down and reused. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Whetstone, cut down and reused
- Date
- Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC, Early Lydian
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- S12.004
- Material
- Stone
- Object Type
- Stone Implement
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- HoB
- Trench
- HoB
- Locus
- HoB Lydian IV - Deep Sounding C
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E4 - E5 / S102 - S104 *95.6 - 95.3
- Findspot
- E4-5 / S102-104 *95.6-95.3
- Description
- Oblong, rectangular stone rounded on most preserved edges. Smoothed on both faces and worn from use. In the center of the rounded end there is a perforated hole for suspension. The other end of the stone is bulbous, broken and jagged, but worn as if use continued after breakage.
- Dimensions
- W. 0.023, L. 0.043, Th. 0.006.
- Comments
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Author
- AR