Object type
blade
Fabric
Iberian metallurgy
Culture/period
Protohistory and Iberian world
Materials
iron
Technique
forging
Mint
Production date
-300 / -200
Current location
Exposició permanent
Archaeological site
Pla de les Tenalles
Township
Granyanella (Europa, Espanya, Catalunya, Lleida, La Segarra)
Dimensions
117 x 26 x 5 mm
Description
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Slightly incomplete iron knife (lacking both ends). The back of the blade is curved downward toward the end zone while the handle includes two rivets as fastening system for the handle (which, being organic matter, has not survived).
This object comes from the site of the Pla de les Tenalles and is dated in the third century BC, but its morphology corresponds to a long tradition that began in the early Iron Age. It is multifunctional equipment that could have served for personal or domestic use or even in agricultural work as occasionally it might also be used to prune and graft.
© Museu comarcal de l'Urgell-Tàrrega
Omeka ID
1253