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Dark schist plummet or whetstone, Middle Bronze Age I Cypriot tool
Dark schist plummet or whetstone, Middle Bronze Age I Cypriot, c. 2000–1650 BC. Ashmolean Museum, AN1896-1908.C.129 Other IDs: AN1896-1908 C.129 (accession number (old format)).Image © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Middle Bronze Age I

Dark schist plummet or whetstone

Dark schist plummet or whetstone Dimensions: 28cm (length)8cm (width) Object Type: tool or implement > sharpener > whetstone

Classification

Object type
Tool
Material
Stone
Period
probablyBronze AgeMiddle Cypriot (Middle Bronze Age)
Date
2000 - 1650 BC
Place of production
probablyCyprus
Findspot
Kalopsidha

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Provenance

  • Famagusta, Kalopsida, Kalopsida (place of excavation)

Identifiers

Accession no.
AN1896-1908.C.129, Ashmolean Museum · Museum record
Accession number (old format)
AN1896-1908 C.129, Ashmolean Museum

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