Spearhead

Object/Artifact

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Trimontium Museum

Image © National Museums Scotland

Image © National Museums Scotland

Name/Title

Spearhead

Entry/Object ID

X.FRA 171

Description

Iron spearhead with punctured inscription indicating ownership, from the Roman site at Newstead (Trimontium). 80-100 AD

Use

Spears were used by the cavalry and would allow to engage in combat from a distance. May have also been used by throwing the spear, again for long range combat.

Context

Found in Pit XVI during James Curle's excavation. Inscription possibly reads T IVN BA (TURMA JUNII BASSI)

Collection

National Museums Scotland

Category

Spear
Military Equipment & Weaponry

Acquisition

Accession

X.FRA 171

Made/Created

Time Period

1st - 2nd century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

Romano British

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Location

Near the spear's hilt

Transcription

T IVN BA

Language

Latin

Translation

Name of spear's owner

Material/Technique

Etched

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Lance

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

Dimensions

Length

10-5/8 in

Material

Iron, Wood

Color

Black, Brown

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

James Curle

Notes

Excavator

Related Publications

Publication

A Roman Frontier Post and Its People

Web Links and URLs

National Museums Scotland weblink to object , James Curle's "A Roman Frontier Post and its People", Chapter 10, p. 188, Pl. XXXVI, 5., Canmore weblink to Newstead

Provenance

Provenance Detail

1905 - 1911 Excavations

Acquisition Method

Found