02-13-2014, 10:29 AM
That's not a shovel. It's a mattock. I don't know about shovels but to the best of our knowledge most Roman spades were made of wood with just an iron edging to the blade, although a handfull with all-iron blades are known. Understandably, normally all that survives of most spades is the metal edging.
This is a typical surviving example of spade edging:
http://www.archaeology.wyjs.org.uk/romanweb/rw47.html
Incidentally, this thread has been posted in the wrong forum. It should have been posted in the History and Archaeology forum, not Rules and Announcements.
Crispvs
This is a typical surviving example of spade edging:
http://www.archaeology.wyjs.org.uk/romanweb/rw47.html
Incidentally, this thread has been posted in the wrong forum. It should have been posted in the History and Archaeology forum, not Rules and Announcements.
Crispvs
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