Sharpening Stones?

[Marcus Mummius]

Bit of an old thread, but I thought you might see these pictures.

While doing a survey of a collection in a small local roman museum here in Belgium (Grobbendonk). I noticed this roman sharpening stone and I thought about this thread.

As you can see the stone was given a specific shape. The dating isn't very precise but it can be from the 1st century AD untill the early 3rd century AD. It was found inside a Roman vicus. Not much evidence for military occupation, although some segmentata hinges were found (they were presented as 'belt buckles' in the museum :roll: )







So to those who had never seen a Roman sharpening stone: now you have :wink:

Vale,
Jef