Whetstone
Object type: Whetstone
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18, early
Reign: reign of Ahmose–Joint reign
Date: ca. 1550–1458 B.C.
Medium: Fine-grained quartzite
Dimensions: L. 9.9 × H. 1 × D. 1.8 cm (3 7/8 × 3/8 × 11/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Asasif
Locale: Tomb CC 37, Hall (C)
Locus: burial 16, inside oval basket
Excavation: Carnarvon/Carter excavations, 1911
Credit line: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926
Accession year: 1926