Vessel metal / kettle, camp

Object/Artifact

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Trimontium Museum

©National Museums Scotland. Digitised from a positive on film by The Trimontium Trust.

©National Museums Scotland. Digitised from a positive on film by The Trimontium Trust.

Name/Title

Vessel metal / kettle, camp

Entry/Object ID

X.FRA 1190

Description

Bronze camp kettle with a Latin inscription reading 'The troops of Lucanus' punched twice on the bottom, from the Roman site of Newstead (Trimontium), late 1st or 2nd century AD

Use

Kettles were used by the soldiers to eat various types of soups and porridge.

Context

Be it on the road or settled in camp, a Roman soldier was responsible for his own weapons and tools, one of which is the kettle for his meals. Found in Pit XIV

Collection

National Museums Scotland

Category

Kettle
Food Preparation & Storage

Acquisition

Accession

X.FRA 1190

Source (if not Accessioned)

National Museums of Scotland

Made/Created

Date made

80 - 180

Time Period

1st - 2nd century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

Roman

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Location

Bottom

Transcription

LVCANI

Language

Latin

Translation

The troops of Lucanus

Material/Technique

punched

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Kettle

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Cookware

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Cooking Vessels

Nomenclature Class

Food Processing & Preparation T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

Getty AAT

Concept

kettles (vessels)

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Previous Accession Number

Other Number

I.15.108

Material

Bronze

Color

Bronze, Green, Tan

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

James Curle

Notes

Excavator

Related Publications

Publication

Clarke, D.V., Breeze, D.J., and Mackay, G. The Romans in Scotland. An introduction to the collections of the National Museums of Antiquities of Scotland. Edinburgh: National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland, 1980, p. 43.

Web Links and URLs

National Museums of Scotland web link to artefact, Canmore web link to Newstead (Trimontium), "A Roman Frontier Post and its people", J Curle, p.274, Pl. LIII - 6

Provenance

Provenance Detail

1905 - 1911 Excavations

Acquisition Method

Found

Notes

James Curle

Research Notes

Research Type

Reference

Person

James Curle

Notes

"Roman Frontier Post and Its People" p.274. Pl. LIII, 6 "...Fig. 6, which is much smaller in size, and has been a good deal battered and mended, has the name LVCANI cut twice upon the bottom."