from Newstead, Roxburghshire
Add to albumThese iron knives with bone handles were found during excavations at the site of the Roman fort at Newstead in Roxburghshire. They show the variety of knives used at the fort between 80 and 180 AD.
The forms of the knives and the materials used in their manufacture are little different from modern knives.
A number of knives of various shapes and sizes were found at Newstead, presumably designed for a variety of purposes. The larger knives could have been used for butchery, perhaps as filleting knives. The smallest knife was possibly used to open oysters.
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- Online ID: 000-190-004-198-C
- Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
- Project:
National Museums Scotland
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- Ref: National Museums Scotland X.FRA 266
- Date: Between 80 and 180 AD
- Material: Iron blade; bone handle
Iron blade; bone handle
Iron; bone handle
Iron; bone handle
Knife
Knife blade, filleting
Knife, carving
Knife, filleting
- Dimensions: 8.88" L
- What: Knife
Knife blade, filleting
Knife, carving
Knife, filleting
- Subject:
- Who: Newstead Collection
Newstead Collection
Newstead Collection
Newstead Collection
- Where: Scotland, Roxburghshire, Melrose, Newstead
Scotland, Roxburghshire, Melrose, Newstead
Scotland, Roxburghshire, Melrose, Newstead
Scotland, Roxburghshire, Melrose, Newstead
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- Description: Filleting knife blade of iron with a bone handle, from Newstead, Roxburghshire
Iron knife with a bone handle, possibly used to open oysters, from Newstead
Iron-bladed carving knife with bone handle, from Newstead
Iron-bladed filleting knife with bone handle, from Newstead
- References:
- Curle, J. A Roman frontier post and its people: the fort of Newstead. Glasgow: MacLehose, 1911, pp 281-2, Pl. LX 2, 3, 4.
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