Bucket, well

Object/Artifact

-

Trimontium Museum

©National Museums Scotland

©National Museums Scotland

Name/Title

Bucket, well

Entry/Object ID

X.FRA 1201

Description

Wooden stave-built well bucket, made from oak, with an iron handle and supports, from the Roman site at Newstead (Trimontium), late 1st century AD

Use

The bucket would have been used to bring water up from a well for water.

Context

Buckets had a variety of purposes, and was most commonly used to carry and store water.

Collection

National Museums Scotland

Category

Handle, Bucket
Decorative Fittings

Acquisition

Accession

X.FRA 1201

Made/Created

Time Period

1st - 2nd century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

Romano British

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Bucket

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Vessel

Nomenclature Class

Containers

Nomenclature Category

Category 07: Distribution & Transportation Objects

Getty AAT

Concept

buckets (vessels)

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Previous Accession Number

Other Number

II.15.179

Material

Oak, Pine, Iron

Color

Brown, Black

Web Links and URLs

National Museums Scotland web link to artefact , National Museums Scotland web link to Newstead

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" p. 310,Pl LXIX, 4