Intaglio - Caracalla

Jewelry

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Trimontium Museum

Photo ©National Museums Scotland

Photo ©National Museums Scotland

Name/Title

Intaglio - Caracalla

Entry/Object ID

L.2021.145

Tags

Intaglio

Description

Intaglio of Caracalla of red jasper and having a draped bust and facing left, from Newstead, Roxburghshire

Style

Roman

Use

Intaglios were both fashionable and practical, and would be used as a signature of the wearer.

Collection

National Museums Scotland

Category

Intaglio
Jewellery

Acquisition

Accession

X.2000.4

Source or Donor

National Museums Scotland

Acquisition Method

Loan

Source (if not Accessioned)

National Museums Scotland

Notes

Loan

Made/Created

Time Period

Late 2nd century, Early 3rd century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

Roman

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Intaglio

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Sculpture

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Getty AAT

Concept

intaglios (sculptural objects)

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Previous Accession Number

Other Number

X.FRA 4771

Material

Jasper

Color

Red

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Walter Elliot

Notes

Finder

Web Links and URLs

NMS Collections, Intaglio of Caracalla article in the Trimontium Museum website, "Further engraved gemstones from Newstead (Trimontium), Roxburghshire" by Walter Elliot & Martin Henig, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, vol 129 (2000)

Provenance

Provenance Detail

From the Roman Site at Newstead

Provenance Detail

Found by Walter Elliot

Role

Fieldwalker

Acquisition Method

Found

Exhibition

Permanent Exhibition

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Exhibition Caption

Label

This carved gemstone (or intaglio) from a finger ring depicts Caracalla while he was co-emperor with his father, Septimius Severus. They would have passed through Trimontium on their two-year campaign against northern tribes in 209-10. It was spotted by Walter Elliot, one of the founders of the museum, while fieldwalking. So far Walter has discovered nine intaglios.