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Credit: Rogers Fund, 1921. Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Comments: Etruscan Bronze shovel. 5th century B.C.

 

Credit: Rogers Fund, 1922. Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Credit URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org...

Comments: Roman Bronze shovel with a handle terminating in a ram's head. 1st–2nd century A.D..

 

Credit: Purchase, 1900. Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Credit URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org...

Comments: Roman Bronze batillum (incense shovel). Late 1st–early 2nd century A.D.

 

Credit: User:Bullenwächter

License: CC BY-SA 3.0

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Comments: Roman shovels found at the en:Saalburg Germany, 1st to 3rd century AD

 

From ISBE: Shovel, shuv'-l:

(1) rachath, is a wooden shovel used on the threshing-floor for winnowing the grain (Isaiah 30:24).

(2) ya`, is used in various passages to indicate some instrument employed to carry away ashes from the altar (Exodus 27:3; Exodus 38:3; Numbers 4:14; 1 Kings 7:40; 1 Kings 7:45; 2 Kings 25:14; 2 Chronicles 4:11; 2 Chronicles 4:16; Jeremiah 52:18). It was very likely a small shovel like those used in connection with modern fireplaces for cleaning away the ashes (compare Hebrew ya`ah, "to sweep away") or for carrying live coals to start a new fire.

(3) yathedh (Deuteronomy 23:13 the Revised Version margin)

James A. Patch

Verses:

  • Exodus 27:3
  • Exodus 38:3
  • Numbers 4:14
  • Ruth 3:15
  • 1 Kings 7:40
  • 1 Kings 7:45
  • 2 Kings 25:14
  • 2 Chronicles 4:11
  • 2 Chronicles 4:16
  • Isaiah 30:24
  • Jeremiah 52:18
Bibliography Information
Bible Diciontary of Animals, Plants, and other Objects. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​apo/​s/shovel.html. 2024.
 
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