Water pipe

Ceramic

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Trimontium Museum

Name/Title

Water pipe

Entry/Object ID

E.2023.1

Description

Ceramic water pipe with curved indentation on shaft and crack on rim. From the Roman site at Newstead.

Use

These pipes would bring fresh water from the natural springs on the NE face of the Eildons for drinking and the fort’s baths. The surplus water flow would have been used to flush the fort drains and latrines.

Context

A network of interlocking clay water pipes was discovered throughout the fort. They were hand thrown on a wheel.

Collection

Trimontium Trust

Category

Pipe
Infrastructure

Made/Created

Time Period

1st - 2nd century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

Romano British, Roman

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Pipe, Water Supply

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Pipe, Plumbing

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Plumbing & Drainage Elements

Nomenclature Class

Building Components

Nomenclature Category

Category 01: Built Environment Objects

Getty AAT

Concept

water supply pipe, drainage piping

Material

Ceramic

Color

Brown, Orange

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Exhibition

Permanent Exhibition

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Exhibition Caption

Label

Many different materials were used in building the fort. On the edge of the tile, impressions of the craftsman's fingers can be seen.