A JEWELLER TOOLKIT DISCOVERED AT SARMIZEGETUSA REGIA (GRĂDIȘTEA DE MUNTE, HUNEDOARA COUNTY)
A JEWELLER TOOLKIT DISCOVERED AT SARMIZEGETUSA REGIA (GRĂDIȘTEA DE MUNTE, HUNEDOARA COUNTY)

Summary/Abstract: The jeweller toolkit 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 toolkit 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 toolkit unique among the finds in Dacia and, also, one of the most complex finds of the type in the ancient world. The jeweller toolkit dates back to the second half of the 1st century AD and early 2nd century AD.

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