Spindle

Object/Artifact

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Trimontium Museum

Edited image from an original slide by National Museums Scotland.

Edited image from an original slide by National Museums Scotland.

Name/Title

Spindle

Entry/Object ID

X.FRA 461

Description

Wooden spindle used to spin yarn, from the Roman site at Newstead (Trimontium), 80 - 100 AD

Use

Used to spin yarn

Context

Found in Pit LIV

Collection

National Museums Scotland

Category

spindle
Tools

Acquisition

Accession

X.FRA 461

Source (if not Accessioned)

National Museums Scotland

Made/Created

Date made

80 - 100

Time Period

Late 1st century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

Romano British

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Spindle

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Textile Manufacturing Equipment

Nomenclature Class

Textileworking T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

Getty AAT

Concept

spindles (textile working equipment)

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Previous Accession Number

Other Number

I 15-352

Dimensions

Length

6-1/4 in

Material

Wood

Color

Tan

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

James Curle

Notes

Excavator

Web Links and URLs

National Museums Scotland web link to artefact , Canmore web link to Newstead (Trimontium), "A Roman Frontier Post and Its People", J Curle, p.290, Pl. LXVIII - 7, Artefact page in NMS- SCRAN