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1903.42.4

Flint from threshing tool [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 11/5/2005]

1903.42.4

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Collection type
Object
Description
Flint from threshing tool [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 11/5/2005]
Geographical reference
Syria
Asia > Western Asia > Syria
Aleppo
Person
Field collector Edward Lovett
PRM source Edward Lovett
Date
Date collected
1903
Acquisition information
Exchanged: 1903
Materials and processes
Material Stone
Dimensions
Length: max 51 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1903.42.4
Research and responses

[In Gaul] the grain was threshed in the long-established way, by animals treading it on a firm floor, or by an implement known as a tribulum, a wooden framework with bits of flint or metal fixed to the underside, hauled over the grain by an animal. [Encyclopaedia Britannica on line] [AP 7/9/2000]

Search terms: Agriculture and Horticulture, Tool, Agricultural Tool, Threshing Tool

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