Auger / handle / portion

Object/Artifact

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Trimontium Museum

Image © National Museums Scotland

Image © National Museums Scotland

Name/Title

Auger / handle / portion

Entry/Object ID

X.FRA 257

Description

Part of an auger handle from the Roman site at Newstead (Trimontium), 80 - 180 AD

Use

Augers were and still used to bore large holes into wood. Wood working tool

Context

Found at Trimontium

Collection

National Museums Scotland

Category

Tools

Acquisition

Accession

X.FRA 257

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

Auger

Nomenclature Class

Woodworking T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

Getty AAT

Concept

woodworking augers

Material

Iron

Color

Brown, Black

Web Links and URLs

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