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 decorated with a chase scene showing stag, hind and hounds, 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

Made/Created

Time Period

1st - 2nd century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

Romano British

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)

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, Canmore weblink to Newstead, James Curle's publication, beaker pages 254-256

Provenance

Provenance Detail

1905 - 1911 Excavations

Acquisition Method

Found