Brass Parade Helmet

Object/Artifact

Trimontium Museum

Image © National Museums Scotland

Brass; embossed; with figure of Victory

Name/Title

Brass Parade Helmet

Entry/Object ID

X FRA 125

Description

Embossed parade helmet of brass with figure of Victory and Cupid driving a chariot led by leopards, from the Roman site at Newstead (Trimontium), late 1st century AD

Use

This helmet would have been used in the parade ground, however may have also been used in battle.

Context

Found in Pit XXII during the excavations of James Curle.

Collection

National Museums Scotland

Acquisition

Accession

X.FRA 125

Source (if not Accessioned)

National Museums Scotland

Made/Created

Time Period

Late 1st century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

Romano British, Roman

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Location

On the rim, at the back

Transcription

VFFI.T GES = Uffi t(urma) Ges(...)

Language

Latin

Translation

Property of Uffus (or Uffius), troop of Gas(atus?)

Material/Technique

punched

Notes

The soldier's seems to be unattested/unparalleled and may be Germanic or Celtic. The decurion's name may be Gesatius or Gesatus.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Helmet, Military

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Helmet

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Headwear

Nomenclature Class

Clothing

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Getty AAT

Concept

helmets (protective wear)

Other Names

Name Type

Previous Accesssion Number

Other Name

XII 14-151

Material

Brass

Color

Gold

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 weblink to object, "A Roman Frontier's Fort and its People", James Curle. p.166 - 167, On Roman Inscriptions of Britain (RIB), Canmore weblink to Newstead

Provenance

Provenance Detail

1905 - 1911 Excavations

Acquisition Method

Found