Object type
sickle
Fabric
Iberian metallurgy
Culture/period
Protohistory and Iberian world
Materials
iron
Technique
forging
Mint
Production date
-200 / -100
Current location
Exposició permanent
Archaeological site
Pla de les Tenalles
Township
Granyanella (Europa, Espanya, Catalunya, Lleida, La Segarra)
Dimensions
400 x 52 x 20 mm
Description
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Iron sickle fragmented into two parts, slightly incomplete. It has a cutting blade with a constant width that describes a rather closed angle relative to the handle. In this last area, the two rivets that fixed the wooden handle to the metal base are preserved, but there are no longer any organic remains.
The sickle (also known as flying when the metal blade is not serrated) was one of the main agricultural implements in the Iberian agricultural system based on cereal crops, but this kind of object was used for harvesting various kinds of plants (cereal, grass and straw).
In general, it is a kind of tool that was widespread in the Catalan Iberian area between the fourth and second centuries BC. This find corresponds to the site of the Pla de les Tenalles. It appeared during the excavations of House 3 and is dated in the third or second century BC, like another similar example.
© Museu comarcal de l'Urgell-Tàrrega
Omeka ID
1251