Pendant

Object/Artifact

Trimontium Museum

Image © National Museums Scotland

Name/Title

Pendant

Entry/Object ID

X.FRA 546

Description

Bronze lunate pendant from the Roman site at Newstead (Trimontium), 80 - 180 AD

Use

It was probably hung from the horse harness of an auxiliary cavalryman

Context

The harnesses of Roman cavalrymen were decorated with a range of mounts and pendants. Some of the finer examples were probably used in tournaments or ceremonies rather than fighting.

Collection

National Museums Scotland

Acquisition

Accession

X.FRA 546

Made/Created

Time Period

1st - 2nd century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

Romano British

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Pendant

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Jewelry

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Body Adornments

Nomenclature Class

Adornment

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Getty AAT

Concept

pendants (jewelry)

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Previous Accession Number

Other Number

II.15.29

Material

Bronze

Color

Black

Web Links and URLs

National Museums Scotland web link to artefact , Canmore web link 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" Plate LXXIV, 4.