Mortarium

Ceramic

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Trimontium Museum

Image © National Museums Scotland

Image © National Museums Scotland

Name/Title

Mortarium

Entry/Object ID

X.FRA 1428

Description

Reconstructed ceramic grinding bowl (mortarium) of soft buff ware, stamped with the manufacturer's name 'Brvsc', from the Roman site at Newstead (Trimontium), 140 - 180 AD

Use

Mortaria were used to grind food, part of food preparation.

Context

Mortaria are important indicator of the spread of Romanized food preparation methods. Stamps on some early Roman mortaria record the name of the potter, which allows historians to trace their movements over the empire.

Collection

National Museums Scotland

Category

Food Preparation & Storage, Ceramic

Acquisition

Accession

X.FRA 1428

Made/Created

Time Period

1st - 2nd century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

Romano British

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Makers Mark

Transcription

Brvsc

Language

Latin

Translation

Makers Name

Material/Technique

Inscribed

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Pottery

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Factory

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Industrial Structures

Nomenclature Class

Structures

Nomenclature Category

Category 01: Built Environment Objects

Getty AAT

Concept

mortaria

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Previous Accession Number

Other Number

VII.15.10

Dimensions

Diameter

12-1/2 in

Material

Ceramic

Color

Tan

Web Links and URLs

National Museums Scotland weblink to object, Canmore weblink to Newstead (Trimontium)

Provenance

Provenance Detail

1905 - 1911 Excavations

Acquisition Method

Found

Notes

James Curle

Research Notes

Research Type

Reference

Person

James Curle

Notes

"Roman Frontier Post and Its People" Plate L(A), 8