Armour, laminated / fitting

Object/Artifact

Trimontium Museum

Image © National Museums Scotland

Name/Title

Armour, laminated / fitting

Entry/Object ID

X.FRA 1036

Description

Tie loop from lorica segmentata, from the Roman site at Newstead (Trimontium), 80 - 180 AD

Use

The tie loop would have been to secure the two pieces of scale armour together.

Context

Amour was used to protect the body from both sharp and blunt force trauma.

Collection

National Museums Scotland

Acquisition

Accession

X.FRA 1036

Made/Created

Time Period

1st - 2nd century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

Roman

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Plate, Armor

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Body Armor

Nomenclature Class

Armaments

Nomenclature Category

Category 05: Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology

Getty AAT

Concept

armor components

Material

Bronze

Color

Green, Brown

Web Links and URLs

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

Provenance

Provenance Detail

1905 - 1911 Excavations

Acquisition Method

Found

Notes

James Curle