PugJesus
Roman carpentry tools, found in Hungary, 2nd-4th century AD
Apr 4 at 4:45pmWeb
Show thread𞋴𝛂𝛋𝛆1d ago
Assuming the second from the bottom is a metal file based on the form; maybe a scraper of some sort. A metal file seems like a very rare commodity right? Scrapers and stone flats seem far more practical in most situations IMO.
Show threadPugJesus1d ago

Iron production in the Roman Empire was crazy high - wouldn’t be matched again in Europe until the 16th century AD. Rome’s iron output was around 10 times the amount produced by the comparably complex and large Han Empire of the (relatively) same period.

So it could very well be a metal file! Metal tools that didn’t need to be metal for basic functionality wouldn’t have been dirt cheap, but also wouldn’t have been prohibitively expensive.

Show threadrnercle1d ago
thanks pj, it’s good to have a historian on lemmy
Show threadRob T Firefly1d ago
Pretty sure those belong to Gary Larson’s cow.
Show threadskua1d ago

@PugJesus

Top right hand side looks like 3 mortar trowels.
And the L shaped thingy looks like a hooky thing that gets driven into mortar joints.
(The jargon terms completely escape me.)