Gaming counter

Ceramic

Trimontium Museum

Name/Title

Gaming counter

Entry/Object ID

TT0108

Description

Samian pottery gaming counter

Use

This small piece of Samian ware would have been recycled to be used as a gaming piece.

Context

Games of many forms, including board games of which this piece would have been apart of, were very popular with the Romans.

Collection

Trimontium Trust

Acquisition

Accession

TT0108

Source (if not Accessioned)

Walter Elliot

Notes

11/18/97

Made/Created

Time Period

1st - 2nd century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

Romano British

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Pottery

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Factory

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Industrial Structures

Nomenclature Class

Structures

Nomenclature Category

Category 01: Built Environment Objects

Getty AAT

Concept

Samian ware, gameboards (board game elements)

Dimensions

Depth

5 mm

Diameter

19 mm

Material

Ceramic

Color

Red, Orange

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Walter Elliot

Web Links and URLs

Canmore weblink to Newstead

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Found by Walter Elliot

Role

Fieldwalker

Acquisition Method

Found

Notes

Walking find