Vessel metal / Flask / Water bottle

Object/Artifact

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Trimontium Museum

© National Museums Scotland

© National Museums Scotland

Name/Title

Vessel metal / Flask / Water bottle

Entry/Object ID

X.FRA 3435

Description

Iron pilgrim flask with a copper alloy neck and pair of straps with decorative plates soldered to the iron. 140 - 180 AD The body has been made in two identical halves.

Use

water bottle

Context

Found at the site of the Trimontium Roman Fort

Collection

National Museums Scotland

Category

Vessel
Food Preparation & Storage

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

National Museums of Scotland

Made/Created

Date made

140 - 180

Time Period

2nd century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Location

Trimontium Roman Fort Site, Newstead

Country

Scotland

* Untyped Cultural Region

United Kingdom

Culture/Tribe

Roman, Romano British

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Flask

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Bottle

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Bottle, Water

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Vessel

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Bottle, Drinking

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Drinking Vessels

Nomenclature Class

Containers

Nomenclature Class

Food Service T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 07: Distribution & Transportation Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

Getty AAT

Concept

pilgrim bottles

Dimensions

Width

3-1/2 in

Diameter

5-1/2 in

Color

Brown, Orange, Gray

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

James Curle

Notes

Excavator

Related Publications

Publication

The Romans in Scotland. An introduction to the collections of the National Museums of Antiquities of Scotland. Edinburgh: National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland

Notes

p.21

Web Links and URLs

Artefact page on the National Museums Scotland website, Artefact page on NMS - SCRAN