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    STUDIA HISTORIA - Issue no. 1 / 2016  
         
  Article:   A JEWELLER TOOLS KIT DISCOVERED AT SARMIZEGETUSA REGIA (GRĂDIȘTEA DE MUNTE, HUNEDOARA COUNTY).

Authors:  LILIANA DANIELA MATEESCU-SUCIU.
 
       
         
  Abstract:  The jeweller tools kit object herein was discovered on a small terrace, conventionally termed terrace VIII A located just nearby the fortress and sanctuary at Sarmizegetusa Regia. It is a deposit of iron artefacts, lying in a pit lined with stones. The items in its composition represent most likely the tools kit of a jeweller. The deposit contains 48 complete or fragmentary artifacts, as follows: 30 iron tools (an anvil, a hammer, a pair of tongs, a calliper, ten files, nine chisels, two punches, a drawknife, a rake, a small spoon-like tool, a drill bit and a small knife), three crampons and one iron link, a whetstone and a knob/bead made of glass, four nails (complete and fragmentary), six fragments of pieces, difficult to identify, and two plates, one of iron and the other of bronze. Their diversity makes the tools kit unique among the finds in Dacia and, also, one of the most complex finds of the type in the ancient world. The jeweller tools kit dates back to the second half of the 1st century AD and early 2nd century AD.

Keywords: Sarmizegetusa Regia, jeweller tools kit, goldsmithing, the Dacians, La Tène.
 
         
     
         
         
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