Fibula

Object/Artifact

-

Trimontium Museum

Name/Title

Fibula

Entry/Object ID

L.2021.189

Description

Bronze fibula trumpet brooch, Roman.

Use

Would have been used as a fashion accessory and a symbol of status.

Context

Found at Camptown, near Jedburgh, Roxburghshire

Collection

National Museums Scotland

Category

Brooch
Jewellery

Acquisition

Accession

X.2009.112

Source (if not Accessioned)

National Museums Scotland

Notes

Loan

Made/Created

Time Period

1st - 2nd century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

Romano British

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Brooch

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Pin, Clothing

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Clothing Accessories

Nomenclature Class

Clothing

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Previous Accession Number

Other Number

X.FT 139

Material

Bronze

Color

Green

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Exhibition

Permanent Exhibition

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Exhibition Caption

Label

Roman brooches were popular on local sites. They fitted into local traditions of using jewellery with which to show off. The unfinished brooch shows some were also being made locally.