Pottery/ Cinerary Urn

Object/Artifact

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Trimontium Museum

Image © National Museums Scotland: Dark grey; lattice work pattern round sides; circular stone cover
Image © National Museums Scotland

Dark grey; lattice work pattern round sides; circular stone cover

Name/Title

Pottery/ Cinerary Urn

Entry/Object ID

X.FRA 1390

Description

Dark grey ceramic cremation urn with lattice work pattern round sides and worked stone disc as lid, from the Roman site at Newstead (Trimontium), 2nd century AD

Use

Used to hold cremated remains.

Context

This style of funerary urn was a common style at the time for Roman burials in Britain.

Collection

National Museums Scotland

Category

Ceramic, Cremation, Urn
Funerary

Acquisition

Accession

X.FRA 1390

Made/Created

Time Period

2nd century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

Romano British, Roman

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Urn, Cremation

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Container, Funerary

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Funerary Objects

Nomenclature Class

Ceremonial Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Getty AAT

Concept

cremation urns

Other Names

Name Type

NMS Old Loan Number

Other Name

VI.15.53

Material

Ceramic, Stone

Color

Gray, Tan

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

James Curle

Related Publications

Publication

A Roman Frontier Post and Its People

Web Links and URLs

National Museums Scotland weblink to object, Canmore weblink to Newstead, James Curle's publication, urn page 19

Provenance

Provenance Detail

1905 - 1911 Excavations

Acquisition Method

Found