Belt / buckle / tongue

Object/Artifact

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Trimontium Museum

Image © National Museums Scotland

Image © National Museums Scotland

Name/Title

Belt / buckle / tongue

Entry/Object ID

X.FRA 966

Description

Bronze belt buckle tongue, from the Roman site at Newstead (Trimontium), 80 - 100 AD

Use

Used to secure two straps together.

Context

Could have been apart of belt or a horse strap

Collection

National Museums Scotland

Category

Buckle

Acquisition

Accession

X.FRA 966

Made/Created

Time Period

1st - 2nd century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

Romano British

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Buckle

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Fastener

Nomenclature Class

Multiple Use T&E for Materials

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

Getty AAT

Concept

belt buckles

Material

Bronze

Color

Gray, Green

Web Links and URLs

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

Provenance

Provenance Detail

1905 - 1911 Excavations

Acquisition Method

Found

Notes

James Curle