No. TRUHELKA1904-001Europe
Donja Dolina perforated stone blade
Bosnia and Herzegovina · Donja Dolina pile-dwelling, Sava riverbed near Bosanska Gradiška · Europe
Function not recorded Candidate only
Wetzstein
Source term: Wetzstein / whetstone
Wetzstein — German for “whetstone.”
At the Sava-riverbed pile dwelling of Donja Dolina, a small hole near one end allowed this fine-grained stone blade to travel on a cord. Its broad, tapering body sits at the boundary between two possible lives: sharpening the edge of a knife or sounding through the air.
Zur zweiten Gattung gehören kleinere Wetzsteine aus feinkörnigem Material zum Schleifen von Messern und dergleichen. Einzelne darunter sind durchlocht und werden an Schnüren getragen (Taf. XXXVIII, Fig. 19).
The second class consists of smaller whetstones of fine-grained material for sharpening knives and similar things. Some among them are perforated and carried on cords (Plate XXXVIII, Fig. 19).
Ćiro Truhelka, "Der vorgeschichtliche Pfahlbau im Savebette bei Donja Dolina," Wissenschaftliche Mitteilungen aus Bosnien und der Herzegowina 9 (1904), p. 65
Particulars
- Object
- A broad, elongated blade of fine-grained stone, rounded and gently tapering, with a small perforation near one end.
- Function
- Sharpening, per the excavator's original whetstone identification.
Source
Ćiro Truhelka, "Der vorgeschichtliche Pfahlbau im Savebette bei Donja Dolina," Wissenschaftliche Mitteilungen aus Bosnien und der Herzegowina 9 (1904), pp. 3-170, printed p. 65 and Plate XXXVIII, Fig. 19; Krešimir Galin, "Archeological Findings of Musical Instruments in Yugoslavia," Narodna umjetnost Special Issue 2 (1988), p. 136