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Unique ID: FAKL-B10525
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published
Whetstone made from a green schist, fine texture, schistosity well defined. Two faces worn through use giving a slightly curved shape. Sides irregular showing the schistose fracture. One end curved, other broken.
Notes:
This object appears to have been made from a Norwegian schist of a type that appears at Coppergate, York (Mainman and Rogers, 2000, 2484-98).
Class: Schist
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Scandinavian style
Date from: Post AD 867
Date to: Ante AD 1100
Quantity: 1
Length: 113.2 mm
Width: 45 mm
Thickness: 20.9 mm
Weight: 168.92 g
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Other reference: 058
Primary material: Stone
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Incomplete
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Mainman, A.J. and Rogers, N.S.H. | 2000 | Craft, Industry and Everyday Life: Finds From Anglo-Scandinavian York | York | Council for British Archaeology |