Kettle

Object/Artifact

Trimontium Museum

Image © National Museums Scotland

Name/Title

Kettle

Entry/Object ID

L.2021.52

Description

Bronze camp kettle from the Roman site at Newstead. Four holes around rim where former handle held. Hole in bottom.

Use

Kettles were used by the soldiers to eat various types of soups and porridge. Be it on the road or settled in camp, a Roman soldier was responsible for his own weapons and tools, one of which is the kettle for his meals.

Context

Seven kettles were found at the site, this one believed to have been a soldier's personal kettle, and not communal. James Curle notes the findings of the kettles in the 'Great Pit' (Pit LVII), and near the baths, however it is not clear where this particular kettle was found

Collection

National Museums Scotland

Acquisition

Accession

X.FRA 1187

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

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Kettle

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Cookware

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Cooking Vessels

Nomenclature Class

Food Processing & Preparation T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

Getty AAT

Concept

kettles (vessels)

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Previous Accession Number

Other Number

I.15.105

Material

Bronze

Color

Brown, Gold, Green

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Web Links and URLs

Curle's mention of Kettles page 103, National Museums Web link to object

Exhibition

Permanent Exhibition

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Exhibition Caption

Label

These bronze vessels, often called camp kettles, were an essential piece of kit for the soldiers. They were all-purpose cooking pots used when out on military exercises as well as back in the barracks.