Knife, filleting / blade

Object/Artifact

Trimontium Museum

Edited image from an original positive on film by ©National Museums Scotland

Name/Title

Knife, filleting / blade

Entry/Object ID

X.FRA 263

Description

Filleting knife blade of iron with a bone handle, from the Roman site at Newstead (Trimontium), Roxburghshire, 140 - 180 AD

Use

Used for cutting food/meat. Could also be used to fillet meat/fish.

Context

Excavations at Newstead have revealed much about the layout and daily life in Roman forts in Scotland. This knife was found in Pit LXXXVI during the excavations by James Curle.

Collection

National Museums Scotland

Acquisition

Accession

X.FRA 263

Source (if not Accessioned)

National Museums of Scotland

Made/Created

Date made

140 - 180

Time Period

1st - 2nd century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

Romano British, Roman

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Knife, Fillet

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Knife, Kitchen

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Tool, Food Cutting

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Food Preparation Equipment

Nomenclature Class

Food Processing & Preparation T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

Getty AAT

Concept

knives

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Previous Accession Number

Other Number

I 15-174

Dimensions

Length

8-7/8 in

Material

Iron, Bone

Color

Black, Brown

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

James Curle

Notes

Excavator

Web Links and URLs

National Museums Scotland web link to object , Canmore web link to Newstead (Trimontium) , "Notes on Some Undescribed Objects from the Roman Fort at Newstead, Melrose" by James Curles. PSAS 47, p.387. Fig.2.4, Knives section on "A Roman Frontier Post and Its People" , J. Curle

Provenance

Provenance Detail

1905 - 1911 Excavations

Acquisition Method

Found

Notes

James Curle