Iron, 1st cent. A.D.
Pompeii, House of the Menander
Soprintendenza Archeologica di Pompei, inv. 20755

This hoe was found along with other farm implements in the House of the Menander. These hoes, of the wide-bladed type, were used to work "loose" soil, where no great pressure was needed to break up the clods; they differed from the narrow-bladed type, used for "heavy", clayey soil.