Spearhead

Object/Artifact

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Trimontium Museum

Name/Title

Spearhead

Entry/Object ID

L.2021.33

Description

Iron spearhead with portion of wooden shaft in the small part of socket which remains, from the Roman site at Newstead

Use

Would have been used as a weapon for guarding, or as a method of long range attack.

Context

Would have been attached to a wooden staff for long range use.

Collection

National Museums Scotland

Category

Military Equipment & Weaponry

Acquisition

Accession

X.FRA 193

Source (if not Accessioned)

National Museums Scotland

Notes

Loan

Made/Created

Time Period

1st - 2nd century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

Romano British

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Spear

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Edged Weapons

Nomenclature Class

Armaments

Nomenclature Category

Category 05: Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology

Getty AAT

Concept

spearheads

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Previous Accession Number

Other Number

I 15-37

Material

Iron

Color

Granite

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

James Curle

Web Links and URLs

Artefact page in the National Museums Scotland website

Provenance

Provenance Detail

1905 - 1911 Excavations

Acquisition Method

Found

Exhibition

Permanent Exhibition