Pottery / amphora / neck / fragment

Ceramic

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Trimontium Museum

Image © National Museums Scotland

Image © National Museums Scotland

Name/Title

Pottery / amphora / neck / fragment

Entry/Object ID

X.FRA 1434

Description

Fragment of the neck of an earthenware amphora, with painted inscription of merchant or of the month 'APRILIS HEL...', from the Roman site at Newstead (Trimontium), late 1st or 2nd century AD

Use

Amphora were used to store liquids such as olive oil or wine, or food and grains.

Context

The shape of the amphora allows for easy compact storage, and allows for easy travel. Amphora come in different sizes, but all maintain a similar shape.

Collection

National Museums Scotland

Category

Vessel, Ceramic, Amphora
Food Preparation & Storage

Acquisition

Accession

X.FRA 1434

Made/Created

Time Period

1st - 2nd century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

Romano British

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Makers Mark

Location

Neck of Jar

Transcription

APRILIS HEL

Language

Latin

Translation

Makers Name

Material/Technique

Inscribed

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Pottery

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Factory

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Industrial Structures

Nomenclature Class

Structures

Nomenclature Category

Category 01: Built Environment Objects

Getty AAT

Concept

amphorae (storage vessels)

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Previous Accession Number

Other Number

VII.15.28

Material

Ceramic

Color

Tan, Brown

Web Links and URLs

National Museums Scotland weblink to object, Canmore weblink 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. LII, 21