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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.

Sources:

• Kivikoski 1973: Abb. 690-707.
• Selirand 1989: 112.

Other related pictures:

• TYA 642: 2685 (whetstone).

Other related topics:

• Rocks and minerals
• Tools and utensils.

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

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