Pottery / dish

Ceramic

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Trimontium Museum

Image © National Museums Scotland

Image © National Museums Scotland

Name/Title

Pottery / dish

Entry/Object ID

X.FRA 1402

Description

Black burnished ware dish with overhanging rim, from the Roman site at Newstead (Trimontium), 140 - 180 AD

Use

Pottery was used for a variety of purposes such as but not limited to: to store food and liquids, cook with, eat/drink from, decoration, and to hold cosmetics.

Context

Pottery could be made local, which is typically coarse ware, or imported, like Samian ware. Trimontium has a large collection of samian ware, but also shows evidence of the fort making its own pottery (coarseware).

Collection

National Museums Scotland

Category

Tableware, Ceramic

Acquisition

Accession

X.FRA 1402

Made/Created

Time Period

1st - 2nd century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

Romano British

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Pottery

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Factory

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Dish, Serving

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Industrial Structures

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Serving Vessels

Nomenclature Class

Structures

Nomenclature Class

Food Service T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 01: Built Environment Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

Getty AAT

Concept

Samian ware, dishes (vessels for food)

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Previous Accession Number

Other Number

Vi.15.65

Dimensions

Height

2-1/8 in

Diameter

9-5/8 in

Material

Ceramic

Color

Black, Gray

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 and Its People" Plate L(B), fig. 6