Wheel hub lining

Object/Artifact

Trimontium Museum

Image © National Museums Scotland

Name/Title

Wheel hub lining

Entry/Object ID

X.FRA 484 A

Description

Roman iron wheel hub lining, Newstead (Trimontium), Scottish Borders

Use

Wheel component

Context

Entire carts or wagons from this period rarely survive. Often all that is left are metal fittings and bindings.

Collection

National Museums Scotland

Acquisition

Accession

X.FRA 484 A

Made/Created

Time Period

1st - 2nd century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

Romano British

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Hub, Wheel

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Component, Vehicle

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Land Transportation Accessories

Nomenclature Class

Land Transportation T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 07: Distribution & Transportation Objects

Getty AAT

Concept

wheel hubs

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Previous Accession Number

Other Number

i.15.392

Dimensions

Diameter

105 mm

Material

Iron

Color

Brown, Red

Web Links and URLs

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

Provenance

Provenance Detail

1905 - 1911 Excavations

Acquisition Method

Found

Notes

James Curle

Research Notes

Research Type

Reference

Person

James Curle

Date

1911

Notes

Curle 1911, 292, pl. LXX, 10