Boar Bone

Object/Artifact

-

Trimontium Museum

Name/Title

Boar Bone

Entry/Object ID

L.2021.41

Description

Pig, Sus scrofa, right scapula, Roman Camp' Newstead, Roxburghshire

Use

Used for movement and support of the arms and back of the boar.

Context

Boar was native to the land, and would have been hunted for food and its pelt.

Collection

National Museums Scotland

Category

Boar remains
Skeletal Remains

Acquisition

Accession

Z.2019.16.16

Source (if not Accessioned)

National Museums Scotland

Notes

Loan

Made/Created

Time Period

1st - 2nd century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

Romano British

Material

Bone

Color

Brown

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Web Links and URLs

National Museums Scotland web link to artefact, Canmore web link to Newstead (Trimontium)

Exhibition

Permanent Exhibition

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Exhibition Caption

Label

The regiment would have kept animals for food. These bones, found at the fort, come from sheep and pigs, and the skull is from a cow. Bones of other animals were occasionally found, including deer and badger, perhaps from hunting for sport or fur. As meat goes off quickly it was smoked to preserve it. The pig shoulder blades with holes in them may have hung on a hook whilst being smoked.