Archaeologia Islandica - 01.01.2011, Page 69

THE ICELANDIC WHETSTONE MATERIAL - AN OVERVIEW OF RECENT RESEARCH
Site code + year
1932/37
Whetstone registration form
Dating of'context
Viking Age
Site namc
Hemla
Preservation condition:
0 □ □
Good Bad Stö&ile
Find nr.
11332
Context nr.
Kuml 1
Type of context
Kuml
Nr. of fragments
1
Photo 1D
Hemla-11332
Type of stone:
□ m □ □ □
Eidsborg schist Dark grey schist Sandstone Dolerit Unknown
Other
Geological oriain:
□ □ □ __________________________
Norway Iceland Unknown Other
Colour of stone:
. □ □ □
Lightgrey Dark grey Midgrey
| Purplish
Other
Grain size:
□ □ □ □
Very fine Fine Medium Coarse
Dimensions: length: 6,7

Type of whetstone: □ Used □ □ Fragment Unknown □ □ □ . Unused Production Fragment Raw material
Degree of usage: □ □ □ □ □
Moderately Extensively Unknown Sparely Re used after breakage
Size of stone:
Small 1 1 Medium □
Verysmall[Xl Large □
Unknown EH Very largeQ
Unusable fragment [Z1
Usable fragment CZI
Usable whetstone [X]
Part of the whetstone: S LZI CZI CZl CZI CZI
Whole piece Whole but chipped End piece only End and middle piece Middle piece Fragmented
Shape of the broad side:
Shape of the narrow side:
u\ \x/ 0 0 E B
(3 w 0 0 0 0
M w H fl 0 Q
n Other 15 Other 19 Other 23 Other 27 31 Other Other
Shape of the cross section:
Edges:
K
fö| |Kl rTsl (4^i iTl fia\ & r*~l / \ \ 1 Other 50 'ðl 52 53
Shape of the thinnest end piece (mark both broad and narrow side):
0 0^001 |60 .61 62 63 UJ \/ LJ Other
Suspension:
fX) ffl m r^i
87 88 89 90
n ffl n
92 93
Other
94
Comments, drawings etc.:
A whole very nicely shaped pendant whetstone.
Slight iron smear. Purple phyllite type of stone.
Shape of the grinding surface:

107 108
other
109 110
Grinding marks/grooves: None
0ther
111 112 113 114
115
Nr. of grinding surfaces:____4_
Other (use of stone etc.):
Very little sign of use
The numbers relate to registration form by G. H. Resi 1990 “Die Wetz- und Schleifsteine aus Haithabu”
Figure 1. Example of the registration form used to record the whetstones.
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