Brooch / portion

Object/Artifact

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Trimontium Museum

Image © National Museums Scotland

Image © National Museums Scotland

Name/Title

Brooch / portion

Entry/Object ID

X.FRA 832

Description

Portion of enamelled brooch with vandyked edge, from the Roman site at Newstead (Trimontium)

Use

Practical and decorative piece of Jewelery

Context

Numerous brooches of this style have been found at the fort site.

Collection

National Museums Scotland

Category

Brooch
Jewellery

Acquisition

Accession

X.FRA 832

Made/Created

Time Period

1st - 2nd century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

Romano British

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Brooch

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Pin, Clothing

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Clothing Accessories

Nomenclature Class

Clothing

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Getty AAT

Concept

brooches

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Previous Accession Number

Other Number

II.15.333

Material

Enamel, Metal

Color

Green, Red, Blue, Cream, Turquoise

Web Links and URLs

National Museum of Scotland Web Link to Artifact, 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" page 331, Plate LXXXIX, 11.