Ibex Whetstone Handle

1100–900 BCE
Overall: 22.3 cm (8 3/4 in.)
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For millennia, whetstones have been used for sharpening various kinds of metal blades. They were particularly important in Luristan, a center that produced bronze blades.
Ibex Whetstone Handle

Ibex Whetstone Handle

1100–900 BCE

Iran, Luristan

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