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 119

Description

Iron chain-mail, from the Roman site at Newstead (Trimontium), Roxburghshire, 80 - 180 AD

Use

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

Context

Fount at Trimontium

Collection

National Museums Scotland

Category

Armour
Military Dress & Armour

Acquisition

Accession

X.FRA 119

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

Iron

Color

Black

Web Links and URLs

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