Bag / fragment

Object/Artifact

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Trimontium Museum

Image © National Museums Scotland

Image © National Museums Scotland

Name/Title

Bag / fragment

Entry/Object ID

X.FRA 62

Description

Irregularly shaped, five-sided leather bag fragment hemmed at the edges, from the Roman site at Newstead (Trimontium), 80 - 180 AD

Use

Bags were used to store and transport goods.

Context

Found at Trimontium

Collection

National Museums Scotland

Category

Leather, Bag [Leather]

Acquisition

Accession

X.FRA 62

Source (if not Accessioned)

National Museums of Scotland

Made/Created

Time Period

1st - 2nd century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

Romano British

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Bag

Nomenclature Class

Containers

Nomenclature Category

Category 07: Distribution & Transportation Objects

Getty AAT

Concept

bags (generic containers), leather

Material

Leather

Color

Black