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AH30/B.9, whetstone

A collection of objects relating to Roman craft and industry including: a chisel, whetstone and pottery fragments.

This is one of our school loan box collections. Below is the full list of objects it contains and a link to a pdf with information about them.

Museum object number REDMG : AH30/B

See related topic: School Loans Collection

List of items:

  1. AH30/B.1 coin (five coins)
  2. AH30/B.2 chisel
  3. AH30/B.3 nail
  4. AH30/B.4 weight
  5. AH30/B.5 stylus
  6. AH30/B.6 tesserae (four tesserae)
  7. AH30/B.7a sherd (samian sherd)
  8. AH30/B.7b sherd (samian sherd)
  9. AH30/B.8 sherd (pot sherd)
  10. AH30/B.9 whetstone
  11. AH30/B.10 latch lifter
  12. AH30/B.11 copy inscription
  13. AH30/B.12 needle
  14. AH30/B.13 pin (pin = missing 20.10.2004)
  15. AH30/B.14 handle (knife handle)
  16. AH30/B.15 lamp (oil lamp)
  17. AH30/B.16 spearhead
  18. AH30/B.17 casket binding
  19. AH30/B.18 key

Download PDF information sheet