Scythe

Object/Artifact

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Trimontium Museum

Image © National Museums Scotland

Image © National Museums Scotland

Name/Title

Scythe

Entry/Object ID

X.FRA 291

Description

Iron scythe or turf cutter from the Roman site at Newstead (Trimontium), late 1st or 2nd century AD

Use

Used to harvest plants and cut turf

Context

Found at Trimontium

Collection

National Museums Scotland

Category

Harvest Tools

Acquisition

Accession

X.FRA 291

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

Scythe

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Harvesting Equipment

Nomenclature Class

Agricultural T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

Getty AAT

Concept

scythes

Material

Iron

Web Links and URLs

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