Torc

Jewelry

Trimontium Museum

Image © National Museums Scotland

Name/Title

Torc

Entry/Object ID

X.FRA 850

Description

Brass torc from the Roman site at Newstead (Trimontium)

Style

Celtic

Use

Jewellery, may have also been used to denote status.

Collection

National Museums Scotland

Acquisition

Accession

X.FRA 850

Made/Created

Time Period

1st - 2nd century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

Romano British

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Torque

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Necklace

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Jewelry

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Body Adornments

Nomenclature Class

Adornment

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Getty AAT

Concept

armlets

Material

Brass

Color

Gold

Web Links and URLs

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