Armour, chain-mail / fragment

Object/Artifact

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Trimontium Museum

Image © National Museums Scotland

Image © National Museums Scotland

Name/Title

Armour, chain-mail / fragment

Entry/Object ID

X.FRA 120

Description

Fragments of fine chain-mail of bronze, Lorica plumata. The chain mail was made from rings of two sizes attached together in alternate rows. At places the rings were attached to small bronze scales. From the Roman site at Newstead (Trimontium), Roxburghshire, 80 - 180 AD.

Use

Armour was used to protect the body from both blunt and sharp force trauma

Context

Found at Trimontium

Collection

National Museums Scotland

Category

Armour
Military Dress & Armour

Acquisition

Accession

X.FRA 120

Source (if not Accessioned)

National Museums of Scotland

Made/Created

Time Period

1st - 2nd century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

Romano British

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Armor

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Body Armor

Nomenclature Class

Armaments

Nomenclature Category

Category 05: Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology

Getty AAT

Concept

mail (metal fabric)

Material

Bronze

Color

Gray, Black

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Web Links and URLs

National Museums Scotland web link to object, Canmore web link to Newstead (Trimontium)