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WHETSTONE (TYA 642: 2685)

Type: Whetstone, with a hole in the head for fastening.

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: 13 g.

Photographer: Antti Huittinen.

There is a hole in the head of this whetstone, through which the stone was bound and carried around for sharpening of sicles and scythes. Also knives, axes and other iron utensils and weapons could be sharpened with it.

Sources:

• Kivikoski 1973: Abb. 184, 982, 983.
• Salmo 1952: 423.

Other related pictures:

• TYA 642: 2382 (whetstone).

Other related topics:

• Rocks and minerals
• Tools and utensils

Coordinates: x=99.8, y=513.2, z=658, unit 5572b.

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