Fore-hammer

Object/Artifact

Trimontium Museum

©National Museums Scotland. Digitised and edited from a positive on film by the Trimontium Trust.

Name/Title

Fore-hammer

Entry/Object ID

X.FRA 300

Description

Large iron fore-hammer with cross-paned head, from the Roman site at Newstead (Trimontium), late 1st century AD

Use

Tool. "...it would be eminently suitable for making spears or sword blades." - James Curle, "A Roman Frontier..." p. 285

Context

Found at Trimontium in Pit XVI

Collection

National Museums Scotland

Acquisition

Accession

X.FRA 300

Source (if not Accessioned)

National Museums of Scotland

Made/Created

Date made

68 - 100

Time Period

Late 1st century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

Romano British

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Hammer

Nomenclature Class

Woodworking T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

Getty AAT

Concept

hammers (tools)

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Previous Accession Number

Other Number

I 15-198

Dimensions

Length

11 in

Material

Iron

Web Links and URLs

"A Roman Frontier Post and its People", J. Curle, p.285 and Pl. LXIII - 1, National Museums Scotland web link to object, Canmore web link to Newstead (Trimontium) , Artefact on NMS - Scran

Provenance

Provenance Detail

1905 - 1911 Excavations

Acquisition Method

Found