Brooch

Object/Artifact

Trimontium Museum

Image © National Museums Scotland

Name/Title

Brooch

Entry/Object ID

X.FRA 812

Description

Penannular brooch of silver, from the Roman site at Newstead (Trimontium), Roxburghshire, 80 - 180 AD

Use

Used as a fashion accessory and a symbol of status.

Context

Found near the riverbank during the excavations by James Curle.

Collection

National Museums Scotland

Acquisition

Accession

X.FRA 812

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

Material

Silver

Color

Gray

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, brooch page 326

Provenance

Provenance Detail

1905 - 1911 Excavations

Acquisition Method

Found

Exhibition

Temporary Exhibition