Tent / portion

Object/Artifact

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Trimontium Museum

Image © National Museums Scotland

Image © National Museums Scotland

Name/Title

Tent / portion

Entry/Object ID

X.FRA 22

Description

Piece of tent, a pointed oval tab of leather perofrated with two holes, from the Roman site at Newstead (Trimontium), Roxburghshire, 80 - 180 AD

Use

Tents were used as temporary, and long term accommodation for travelling soldiers and officers

Context

Found at Trimontium

Collection

National Museums Scotland

Category

Leather

Acquisition

Accession

X.FRA 22

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 Secondary Object Term

Tent, Camping

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Tent

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Structures

Nomenclature Class

Structures

Nomenclature Category

Category 01: Built Environment Objects

Getty AAT

Concept

camping tent

Material

Leather

Color

Black

Web Links and URLs

National Museums Scotland weblink to object, Canmore weblink to Newstead (Trimontium)