IRON SLEDGE-HAMMER

Iron sledge-hammer

Inventory number

60546

Location

Museum of Dacian and Roman Civilization from Deva

Description

The massive iron tool has a parallelepiped shape its edges are rounded. The eye for fixing the wooden handle is located at the top and has an oval shape. This type of tools was used either for crushing iron ores or for beating rough iron and ingots in order to obtain large objects.