Casket / handle

Object/Artifact

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Trimontium Museum

Image © National Museums Scotland

Image © National Museums Scotland

Name/Title

Casket / handle

Entry/Object ID

X.FRA 622

Description

Handle for a small bronze casket, from the Praetentura, Newstead (Trimontium)

Use

This handle was used to help carry a casket.

Context

Found in the barracks at Praetentura at Trimontium

Collection

National Museums Scotland

Category

Handle
Decorative Fittings

Acquisition

Accession

X FRA 622

Source (if not Accessioned)

National Museums Scotland

Made/Created

Time Period

1st - 2nd century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

Romano British

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Casket

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Container, Funerary

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Funerary Objects

Nomenclature Class

Ceremonial Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Getty AAT

Concept

handles (components)

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Previous Accession Number

Other Number

II.15.154

Material

Bronze

Color

Green

Web Links and URLs

National Museums of Scotland web link to artefact , Canmore web link to Newstead (Trimontium)

Provenance

Provenance Detail

1905 - 1911 Excavations

Acquisition Method

Found

Notes

James Curle

Research Notes

Research Type

Reference

Person

James Curle

Notes

"Roman Frontier Post and Its People" Plate LXXXII, page 2.