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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1920.44.15
Title
Whetstone
Classification
Tools and Equipment
Work Type
whetstone
Date
900-700 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Luristan (Iran)
Period
Iron Age
Culture
Iranian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/292595

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Stone
Dimensions
2 x 2 x 11.9 cm (13/16 x 13/16 x 4 11/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Miss Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Museum, 1920.

Note: The Misses Norton were daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Misses Norton
Accession Year
1920
Object Number
1920.44.15
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Whetstone with hole for attachment to bronze finial of the type found in Luristan; compare 1931.4.

Verification Level

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