Pottery/beaker

Ceramic

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Trimontium Museum

Image © National Museums Scotland: Ceramic, white; thin; covered with black engolie; decorated with stag, hind and hounds in barbotine
Image © National Museums Scotland

Ceramic, white; thin; covered with black engolie; decorated with stag, hind and hounds in barbotine

Name/Title

Pottery/beaker

Entry/Object ID

X.FRA 1391

Description

Castor ware beaker of thin white ware, covered with a black engolie. Decorated in barboutine with a chase scene showing a stag and a hind chased by hounds wearing collars, from the Roman site at Newstead (Trimontium), 140 - 180 AD

Use

Used to store food or drink in.

Context

Found in Pit LXV during James Curle's excavations

Collection

National Museums Scotland

Category

Ceramic

Acquisition

Accession

X.FRA 1391

Source (if not Accessioned)

National Museums of Scotland

Made/Created

Time Period

2nd century AD

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

Romano British, Romano Germanic

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Beaker, Drinking

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Drinking Vessels

Nomenclature Class

Food Service T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

Getty AAT

Concept

beakers (drinking vessels)

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Previous Accession Number

Other Number

VI.15.54

Dimensions

Height

4-3/4 in

Diameter

3-3/4 in

Material

Ceramic

Color

Black, Brown

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

James Curle

Related Publications

Publication

A Roman Frontier Post and Its People

Web Links and URLs

National Museums Scotland weblink to object, James Curle's publication, beaker pages 254-256 Pl. L(A), 7, Canmore weblink to Newstead

Provenance

Provenance Detail

1905 - 1911 Excavations

Acquisition Method

Found