Knife

Object/Artifact

-

Trimontium Museum

Name/Title

Knife

Entry/Object ID

L.2021.72

Description

Iron knife with a ring for suspension at the end, from the Roman site at Newstead

Use

Used for eating and preparation of food.

Context

The knife along with another similar one, discovered in the ditch of the early part of the fort. The rivets would have held bone mountings.

Collection

National Museums Scotland

Category

Knife
Food Preparation & Storage

Acquisition

Accession

X.FRA 270

Source (if not Accessioned)

National Museums Scotland

Notes

Loan

Made/Created

Time Period

1st - 2nd century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

Romano British

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Knife, Utility

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Knife

Nomenclature Class

Multiple Use T&E for Materials

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Previous Accession Number

Other Number

115-168

Material

Iron

Color

Black

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Web Links and URLs

Knife is figure 6 on page 282-James Curle's book

Exhibition

Permanent Exhibition

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Exhibition Caption

Label

Iron knives of different sizes and shapes were key tools for a whole range of tasks in preparing food from butchery to chopping ingredients and cutting up meat to eat it