Patch/leather

Object/Artifact

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Trimontium Museum

Image © National Museums Scotland: Leather; similar to XII 14-81
Image © National Museums Scotland

Leather; similar to XII 14-81

Name/Title

Patch/leather

Entry/Object ID

X.FRA 43

Description

Patch of leather, from the Roman site at Newstead (Trimontium), Roxburghshire, Scotland, 80 - 180 AD

Use

Patch for a tent dating between 80-100 AD.

Context

While travelling on campaign, tents could become damaged from travel or weather conditions. Resources such as leather, while accessible and affordable to the Romans, would be heavy and time consuming to make or procure. Therefore, it was common to simply patch up a damaged tent, rather than make a completely new one.

Collection

National Museums Scotland

Category

Leather

Acquisition

Accession

X.FRA 43

Made/Created

Time Period

1st - 2nd century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

Romano British

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Patch, Textile

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Notion

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Needleworking Equipment

Nomenclature Class

Textileworking T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

Material

Leather

Color

Black, Gray, Brown

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

James Curle

Web Links and URLs

National Museum Scotland weblink to artefact , Canmore-National Record of the Historic Environment

Provenance

Provenance Detail

1905 - 1911 Excavations

Acquisition Method

Found

Exhibition

Temporary Exhibition