Armlet / fragment

Jewelry

Trimontium Museum

Image © National Museums Scotland

Name/Title

Armlet / fragment

Entry/Object ID

X.FRA 854 B

Description

Fragment of armlet of dark blue translucent glass with white and blue moulding flanked by red, white and blue, from the Roman site at Newstead (Trimontium)

Style

Romano-British

Use

Jewellery, may have also denoted status

Collection

National Museums Scotland

Acquisition

Accession

X.FRA 854 B

Made/Created

Time Period

1st - 2nd century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

Romano British

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Bangle

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Armlet

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Bracelet

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Jewelry

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Body Adornments

Nomenclature Class

Adornment

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Getty AAT

Concept

armlets, bangles

Material

Glass

Color

Blue, White, Black, Red

Web Links and URLs

National Museums Scotland web link to artefact , Canmore web link to Newstead (Trimontium)