from Newstead, Roxburghshire

Knives

These 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:	0098: National Museums Scotland Project description \| View all records in project
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
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
Event:
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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