Horse-armour/ chamfron

Textile

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Trimontium Museum

Image © National Museums Scotland

Image © National Museums Scotland

Name/Title

Horse-armour/ chamfron

Entry/Object ID

X.FRA 74

Description

Chamfron or horse mask of leather with surface design of brass-headed studs, from the Roman site at Newstead (Trimontium), late 1st century AD

Use

Used to protect the horses head in battle.

Context

Found at the bottom of Pit LXXVIII during James Curle's excavations

Collection

National Museums Scotland

Category

Leather

Acquisition

Accession

X.FRA 74

Made/Created

Time Period

1st - 2nd century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

Romano British

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Armor, Horse

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Tack, Animal

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Land Transportation Accessories

Nomenclature Class

Land Transportation T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 07: Distribution & Transportation Objects

Getty AAT

Concept

horse armor

Material

Leather, Brass

Color

Brown, Black

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

James Curle

Web Links and URLs

National Museums Scotland object link

Provenance

Provenance Detail

1905 - 1911 Excavations

Acquisition Method

Found