Fibula / brooch

Object/Artifact

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Trimontium Museum

Image © National Museums Scotland

Image © National Museums Scotland

Name/Title

Fibula / brooch

Entry/Object ID

X.FRA 817

Description

Penannular brooch of bronze with knob fluted terminals, from the Roman site at Newstead (Trimontium), Roxburghshire, 80 - 180 AD

Use

Practical and decorative piece of Jewelery. Peninsular brooches are of local Celtic design.

Context

Numerous brooches of this style have been found at the fort site.

Collection

National Museums Scotland

Category

Brooch
Jewellery

Acquisition

Accession

X.FRA 817

Made/Created

Time Period

1st - 2nd century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

Romano British

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Brooch

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Pin, Clothing

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Clothing Accessories

Nomenclature Class

Clothing

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Getty AAT

Concept

brooches

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Previous Accession Number

Other Number

II.15.312

Material

Bronze

Color

Brown

Web Links and URLs

National Museum of Scotland Web Link to Artifact, Canmore web link to Newstead (Trimontium)

Provenance

Provenance Detail

1905 - 1911 Excavations

Acquisition Method

Found

Notes

James Curle