Tools and EquipmentIranian9th-8th century BCE
Whetstone with a Handle in the Form of a Wild Goat
9th-mid 8th century BCE
Dimensions
overall length: 20.7 cm (8 1/8 in.) handle: 5.5 x 2.3 cm (2 3/16 x 7/8 in.)
Provenance
Arthur Upham Pope Collection. Private Collection, Boston, (by 1931), gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1931.
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