Patch / leather

Object/Artifact

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Trimontium Museum

Image © National Museums Scotland

Image © National Museums Scotland

Name/Title

Patch / leather

Entry/Object ID

X.FRA 33

Description

Leather patch with stitch marks, from the Roman site at Newstead (Trimontium), 80 - 180 AD

Use

It could have been used to patch a variety of leather objects.

Context

Leather only survives where conditions are favourable. A number of leather objects, including shoes, thongs, tent panels, saddle fragments, and clothing were preserved at Newstead, highlighting the range of leather objects needed by the army.

Collection

National Museums Scotland

Category

Leather

Acquisition

Accession

X.FRA 33

Source (if not Accessioned)

National Museums of Scotland

Made/Created

Time Period

1st - 2nd century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

Romano British

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Leather, Horn & Shellworking T&E (blank sub-class)

Nomenclature Class

Leather, Horn & Shellworking T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

Getty AAT

Concept

leather

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Previous Accession Number

Other Number

XII 14-72

Material

Leather

Color

Black

Web Links and URLs

National Museums Scotland weblink to object, Canmore weblink to Newstead (Trimontium)

Provenance

Provenance Detail

1905 - 1911 Excavations

Acquisition Method

Found

Notes

James Curle