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Roman whetstone
Elongated pebble with irregular but largely sub-rectangular cross-section. All surfaces are apparently worn, one particularly so where a dished area occurs along part of one edge - the remainder is of a length which would fit into the hand. The wear is consistent with the sharpening of a small balde such as a scalpel. This would have been facilitated more evenly if the stone was held in the right hand, suggesting that the object may have been used by a left-handed person.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
98.6H/7.25
Find Information
Site Name: Leucarum Roman Fort, Loughor
Grid Reference: SS 5634 9798
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1982 - 1988
Notes: two separate excavations: 1982-1984 and 1987-1988
Measurements
maximum length / mm:155
length / mm
maximum width / mm:36
width / mm
maximum height / mm:26
height / mm
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