Harness, horse / headstall / fragment

Object/Artifact

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Trimontium Museum

Image © National Museums Scotland

Image © National Museums Scotland

Name/Title

Harness, horse / headstall / fragment

Entry/Object ID

X.FRA 494

Description

Fragment of an iron headstall, from the Roman fort at Newstead (Trimontium), Roxburghshire, 80 - 180 AD

Use

A headstall fits over a horse's muzzle to prevent it opening its mouth and resisting the bridle.

Context

Finds of horseshoes and harness and bridle fittings provide evidence of the importance of horses from an early period. They were used in transport from around 1000 BC (and possibly earlier).

Collection

National Museums Scotland

Category

Horse Harness Equipment

Acquisition

Accession

X.FRA 494

Made/Created

Time Period

1st - 2nd century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Harness, Horse

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Harness, Animal

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Tack, Animal

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Land Transportation Accessories

Nomenclature Class

Land Transportation T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 07: Distribution & Transportation Objects

Getty AAT

Concept

harness hardware

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Previous Accession Number

Other Number

I.15.407

Material

Iron

Color

Black

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

Research Notes

Research Type

Reference

Person

James Curle

Notes

"Roman Frontier Post and Its People" Plate LXX, 7.