Pottery / lamp

Ceramic

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Trimontium Museum

Image © National Museums Scotland

Image © National Museums Scotland

Name/Title

Pottery / lamp

Entry/Object ID

X.FRA 1110

Description

Ceramic lamp from the Roman site at Newstead (Trimontium), 80 - 180 AD

Use

Used to provide light.

Context

Lamps from the Roman periods were made out of a variety of materials, depending on what the person could afford. A common archaeological find are ceramic lamps, however there are also bronze, iron, stone, and even silver lamps.

Collection

National Museums Scotland

Category

Lamp
Lighting

Acquisition

Accession

X.FRA 1110

Made/Created

Time Period

1st - 2nd century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

Romano British

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Lamp, Candle

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Lamp

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Lighting Devices

Nomenclature Class

Lighting Equipment

Nomenclature Category

Category 02: Furnishings

Getty AAT

Concept

oil lamps

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Previous Accession Number

Other Number

II.15.119

Material

Ceramic

Color

Brown, Red, Black

Web Links and URLs

National Museums Scotland weblink to artefact, Canmore weblink to Newstead (Trimontium)

Provenance

Provenance Detail

1905 - 1911 Excavations

Acquisition Method

Found

Notes

James Curle

Research Notes

Research Type

Reference

Person

James Curle

Notes

"Roman Frontier Post and Its People" Pl LXXIX, 8