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3D Model

Hammer head

The tool has two almost equal arms, with a rectangular cross-section, both sharpened at the ends. The socket is oval and it is situated in the centre, where the body of the hammer slightly thickens. On one of the sides of the hammer, right near the eye, a sign resembling the letter „ψ” was incised (it probably represents the mark of the craftsman or that of the workshop’s owner). This hammer was used, most probably, in a jeweller’s workshop in the capital city of the Dacian kingdom, Sarmizegetusa Regia.

Findspot: Grădiştea de Munte – Sarmizegetusa Regia, commune of Orăştioara (Hunedoara county)

Dimensions: length – 13.5 cm; width – 3 cm

Material: iron

Technique: hot forging.

Historical Date: 1st century AD – beginning of the 2nd century AD

Time period: Late Iron Age (Dacian)

Digitization Method: 3D Laser scanning by a Team from Technical University of Cluj-Napoca

Data Provider: National Museum of Transylvanian History, Cluj-Napoca