Door Handle

Object/Artifact

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Trimontium Museum

Image © National Museums Scotland

Image © National Museums Scotland

Name/Title

Door Handle

Entry/Object ID

X.FRA 1102

Description

Iron object, possibly a door handle or knocker, from the Roman site at Newstead (Trimontium), 80 - 180 AD

Use

Used to open a door, or to make noise on the door to alert of presence at the door.

Context

Trimontium was a large fort, and as such had numerous buildings of both public and private.

Collection

National Museums Scotland

Category

Door Handle

Acquisition

Accession

X.FRA 1102

Made/Created

Time Period

1st - 2nd century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

Romano British

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Handle, Door

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Hardware, Door

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Finish Hardware

Nomenclature Class

Building Components

Nomenclature Category

Category 01: Built Environment Objects

Getty AAT

Concept

door handles

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Previous Accession Number

Other Number

I.15.240

Material

Iron

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" Pl. LXVI, 3