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Whetstone: ANE.48.1980

Object information

Current Location: In storage

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Description

Whetstone, grip now mostly missing

Measurements and weight

Depth: 0.01 m
Length: 0.0885 m
Width: 0.056 m

Find spot

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1980) by Holland, T. A., Dr. Anthropology

Dating

-2500 - -1501

Materials used in production

Stone

Identification numbers

Accession number: ANE.48.1980
Primary reference Number: 87823
Oldadmincategory: O
Oldobjectnumber: WAE.48.1980
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 11 January 2023 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Antiquities

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