Awl

Object/Artifact

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Trimontium Museum

Image © National Museums Scotland

Image © National Museums Scotland

Name/Title

Awl

Entry/Object ID

X.FRA 258

Description

Iron awl from the Roman site at Newstead (Trimontium), 80 - 180 AD

Use

Awls were and still are used, for sewing leather.

Context

Found at Trimontium

Collection

National Museums Scotland

Category

Tools

Acquisition

Accession

X.FRA 258

Source (if not Accessioned)

National Museums of Scotland

Made/Created

Time Period

1st - 2nd century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

Romano British

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Awl

Nomenclature Class

Multiple Use T&E for Materials

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

Getty AAT

Concept

awls

Material

Iron

Color

Brown, Black

Web Links and URLs

National Museums Scotland web link to object , Canmore web link to Newstead (Trimontium)