Vessel metal / pot chain

Object/Artifact

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Trimontium Museum

©National Museums Scotland. Digitised from a positive on film by The Trimontium Trust

©National Museums Scotland. Digitised from a positive on film by The Trimontium Trust

Name/Title

Vessel metal / pot chain

Entry/Object ID

X.FRA 313

Description

Iron chain for suspending a pot over a fire, from the Roman site at Newstead (Trimontium)

Use

This chain was used to help suspend a pot for cooking over a fire.

Context

Found at Trimontium, in Pit XVI

Collection

National Museums Scotland

Category

Cookware
Food Preparation & Storage

Acquisition

Accession

X.FRA 313

Source (if not Accessioned)

National Museums of Scotland

Made/Created

Date made

80 - 180

Time Period

1st - 2nd century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

Romano British, Roman

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Potholder

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Food Preparation Accessories

Nomenclature Class

Food Processing & Preparation T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

Other Names

Name Type

Previous Accesssion Number

Other Name

I 15-215

Material

Iron

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 web link to object , Canmore web link to Newstead (Trimontium) , "A Roman Frontier Post and Its People" , J Curle, p. 287. Pl. LXIV, 3.

Provenance

Provenance Detail

1905 - 1911 Excavations

Acquisition Method

Found

Research Notes

Research Type

Reference

Notes

"Plate LXIV., Fig. 3, came from Pit XVI. It is a chain, the full length of which is 19½ inches. The upper part consists of a single heavy chain fastened to a triple loop. From this depend two smaller chains. It was probably used for hanging a pot over a camp fire." J. Curle, A Roman Frontier Post and Its People, p. 287.