Boar tusk

Object/Artifact

-

Trimontium Museum

Name/Title

Boar tusk

Entry/Object ID

L.2021.65

Description

Boar's tusk from the Roman site at Newstead

Use

May have been used as a decoration/trophy of a successful hunt.

Context

The boar was the emblem of the XXth Legion (a detachment was stationed at Trimontium for a time).

Collection

National Museums Scotland

Category

Boar remains
Skeletal Remains

Acquisition

Accession

X.FRA 1172 B

Source (if not Accessioned)

National Museums of Scotland

Notes

Loan

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Material

Bone

Color

Ivory

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Exhibition

Permanent Exhibition

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Exhibition Caption

Label

The tusks are probably from wild boar that were hunted for sport by some of the soldiers. The boar was the emblem of the XXth Legion (a detachment was stationed at Trimontium for a time)