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© Museu Comarcal de l'Urgell-Tàrrega
Omeka ID 1211
Missatges
Protohistory and Iberian world

pitchfork

MCUT 4169

Object type
pitchfork
Production date
-125 / -75
Fabric
Iberian metallurgy
Museum
Museu Comarcal de l'Urgell-Tàrrega
Culture
Protohistory and Iberian world
Discovery location
Missatges
Materials
iron
Township
Claravalls (Europa, Espanya, Catalunya, Lleida, Urgell)
Technique
forging
Where is it?
Exposició permanent
Dimensions
210 x 295 x 294 mm
Description
Iron tool for agricultural use, trident-shaped, characterized by a tubular hafting area (slightly damaged) and three pointed spikes. Note that this tool, robust and heavy, exceptionally preserved, appeared together with another similar (but in a worse state), forming part of a fill in one of the Ibero-Roman silos at Missatges (Claravalls), disused in the late second century BC or early first century. These are two pieces for a type of manual use, very rare in the Iberian world and with a late chronology. Originally, each would be complemented with a long wooden handle that would form a right angle with respect to the iron part. The inclination of this element, along with other features such as the width of the tips (rectangular) and the considerable weight of the tools indicate that these forks could be useful in various functions, such as digging compact soils or to handle manure.

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