A dictionary of Greek and Roman . s in the wall of a city or fortifi-cation, after they had been first shattered andloosened in some degree by the ear, or loop, which is seen in this and manyother celts, would be useful to suspend them fromthe soldiers girdle, and may also have had a cordor chain attached to it to assist in drawing backthe celt whenever it became too firmly wedged be-tween the stones of the wall which it was intendedto destroy. Figs 2 and 3 are from Sir W. Hamil-tons collection in the British Museum. Thesechisels seem best adapted for the use of
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . s in the wall of a city or fortifi-cation, after they had been first shattered andloosened in some degree by the ear, or loop, which is seen in this and manyother celts, would be useful to suspend them fromthe soldiers girdle, and may also have had a cordor chain attached to it to assist in drawing backthe celt whenever it became too firmly wedged be-tween the stones of the wall which it was intendedto destroy. Figs 2 and 3 are from Sir W. Hamil-tons collection in the British Museum. Thesechisels seem best adapted for the use of the car-penter. The celt (fig. 4) which was found inFurness, co. Lancaster (Archaeologia, v. p. 106),instead of being shaped to receive, or to be in-serted into a handle, like the three preceding, ismade thick, smooth, and round in the middle, soas to be conveniently manipulated without ahandle. It is 9 inches long, and weighs 2 lb. 5 sharp edge is like that of a common hatchet,and may have been used for polishing timber. On1 2 3 4 6 6. the other hand, figs. 5, 6, 7, exactly resemblethe knife now used by leather-cutters, and there- fore illustrate the account given by Julius Pollux,who reckons this same tool, the fffil\7j, among the£pya\e?a rod o~kvtot6^.ov. This instrument wasalso used for cutting paper, and probably in thesame manner { xaproTo^os, sicila, ). The following woodcut shows a small bronzecelt, fixed into a handle of stags hom, and there-fore exemplifies one of the modes of attaching themetal to its haft. It was evidently adapted forvery fine work, and is strongly contrasted withthe above-figured celt from Cornwall. It wasfound in an ancient tomb in Wiltshire. (Sir Hoares Anc. Wilts. South, pp. 182, 203.) Thetwo other figures in this woodcut represent theknife used in sacrifices, as it is often exhibited oncameos and bas-reliefs, being the scena, sacena, ordolabra pontificalis, mentioned by Festus (s. ) ; and the seeuris dola
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