Hanging Lamp

Object/Artifact

Trimontium Museum

Photo ©National Museums Scotland

Name/Title

Hanging Lamp

Entry/Object ID

L.2021.115

Description

Iron hanging lamp from the Roman site at Newstead

Use

Used to provide light in the evenings or dark winter days

Context

Oil lamps provided light in the evenings or dark winter days.

Collection

National Museums Scotland

Acquisition

Accession

X.FRA 1108

Source (if not Accessioned)

National Museums Scotland

Notes

Loan

Made/Created

Time Period

1st - 2nd century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

Romano British

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Holder, Lamp

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Lighting Holders

Nomenclature Class

Lighting Equipment

Nomenclature Category

Category 02: Furnishings

Other Names and Numbers

Other Names

Name Type

Previous Accesssion Number

Other Name

H.MGF 29

Other Numbers

Number Type

Previous Accession Number

Other Number

II.15.117

Material

Iron

Color

Granite

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Web Links and URLs

Artefact page on Scran NMS., "A Roman Frontier Post and Its People" James Curle, p.306 and Pl. LXXIX, 7., Artefact page on the National Museums Scotland website

Provenance

Provenance Detail

1905 - 1911 Excavations

Acquisition Method

Found

Notes

James Curle

Exhibition

Permanent Exhibition

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Exhibition Caption

Label

The fort became 'home' for soldiers. Most lived in very basic barrack blocks, but officers had higher quality living quarters. These latches and keys showed they expected privacy, while the ornamental buttons and handles suggest they had decorative furniture. Oil lamps provided light in the evenings or dark winter days.

Research Notes

Research Type

Reference

Person

James Curle

Notes

"Roman Frontier Post and Its People" page 307, Plate LXXIX, 6.