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3D Model

Hoe

This is one of the tools most commonly used in agriculture. This type of hoes is characterised by an almost trapezoidal body with a more or less curved cutting edge. The socket for the wooden shaft is oval. This type of artefacts is very frequent in the Dacian fortresses area in the Orăştiei Mountains, a few tens of them are known from various archaeological contexts.

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

Dimensions: length – 29.8 cm; width – 9.8 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