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Tombstone of a Blacksmith
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Photographed by: York Museums Trust Staff |
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Tombstone of a Blacksmith |
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Figure of a blacksmith carved in relief. Described in Eboracum as "Tombstone of gritstone, 1ft 7ins, by 3ft 5ins, by 6 and1/2 ins. In an arched niche, with an architectural gabled frame, stands a smith, his left shoulder draped, his right bare, wearing an apron round his loins over a tunic. His left hand holds an object on an anvil with tongs, while his right forges it with a hammer. In the spandrels of the arch are scrolls, and at its head a goblet flanked by two rosettes." |
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| Date | 44-410 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | Carved gritstone | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Object history | Found at Manor Houses in Dringhouses - Collected near the line of the Roman road. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Exhibition history | On display at the Yorkshire Museum | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Image courtesy of York Museums Trust | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| References | An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York, Volume 1 - Eburacum, Roman York (1962) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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