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WHETSTONE (TYA 642: 2382)

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WHETSTONE (TYA 642: 2382)

 

Type: Whetstone.

Use: To sharpen metal blades etc.

Site: Raisio, Ihala, Mulli abode.

Period: Viking Age /Crusade Age / Early Middle Ages.

Dating: 980-1220 A.D.

Weight: 476 g.

Photographer: Antti Huittinen.

 

A whetstone or a hone was used to sharpen sicles, scythes, knives and other utensils and weapons.

 

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Coordinates: x=101,1, y=512,6, z=673.

 


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