Vessel

Object/Artifact

-

Trimontium Museum

Name/Title

Vessel

Entry/Object ID

L.2021.137

Description

Vessel of lead from the Roman site at Newstead

Use

Used to store cosmetics

Context

Both lead vessels found at the site were in the ditch attributed to the earlier part of the fort.

Collection

National Museums Scotland

Category

Vessel
Cosmetics

Acquisition

Accession

X.FRA 1198

Source (if not Accessioned)

National Museums Scotland

Notes

Loan

Made/Created

Time Period

1st - 2nd century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

Romano British

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Jar, Cosmetic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Container, Cosmetic

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Beauty Supplies

Nomenclature Class

Toilet Articles

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Previous Accession Number

Other Number

I.15.116

Material

Lead

Color

Gray, Black, Tan

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Exhibition

Permanent Exhibition

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Exhibition Caption

Label

Lead pots like these were used as containers for cosmetics, creams and medicines. Tweezers were used to care for body hair. Plucked eyebrows were fashionable among women. Finding items like these, along with children’s shoes, indicates there were women and children at the fort. Senior officers were allowed to have family with them. The families of the ordinary soldiers probably lived in the annexes next to the fort.