Vessel metal / cup

Object/Artifact

Trimontium Museum

Image © National Museums Scotland

Name/Title

Vessel metal / cup

Entry/Object ID

X.FRA 1197

Description

Small cup of copper alloy with the name 'Maximi' scratched on the bottom, from the Roman site at Newstead (Trimontium), 80 - 100 AD

Use

Used to drink out of.

Context

Roman soldiers would be responsible for carrying their own camp equipment and personal affects while on campaign. Some soldiers would scratch their name on their gear so it would not get mistaken for some one else's.

Collection

National Museums Scotland

Acquisition

Accession

X.FRA 1197

Made/Created

Time Period

1st - 2nd century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

Roman

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Location

Bottom of cup

Transcription

Maximi

Language

Latin

Translation

Owner of cup's name

Material/Technique

Inscribed

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Cup, Canteen

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Cup

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Drinking Vessels

Nomenclature Class

Food Service T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

Getty AAT

Concept

cups (drinking vessels)

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Previous Accession Number

Other Number

I.15.115

Material

Copper alloy

Web Links and URLs

National Museums of Scotland web link to artefact, Canmore web link 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" p. 275. pl. LIV. 9.