Pottery / platter / fragment

Ceramic

Trimontium Museum

Image © National Museums Scotland

Name/Title

Pottery / platter / fragment

Entry/Object ID

X.FRA 1508

Description

Fragment of a platter of Samian ware, marked 'Domiti' to indicate ownership, from the Roman site at Newstead (Trimontium), 140 - 180 AD

Use

Pottery was used for a variety of purposes such as but not limited to: to store food and liquids, cook with, eat/drink from, decoration, and to hold cosmetics.

Context

Pottery could be made local, which is typically coarse ware, or imported, like Samian ware. Trimontium has a large collection of samian ware, but also shows evidence of the fort making its own pottery (coarseware).

Collection

National Museums Scotland

Acquisition

Accession

X.FRA 1508

Made/Created

Time Period

1st - 2nd century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

Romano British

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Makers Mark

Transcription

Domiti

Language

Latin

Translation

Makers Name

Material/Technique

Inscribed

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Pottery

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Platter

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Factory

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Dish, Serving

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Industrial Structures

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Serving Vessels

Nomenclature Class

Structures

Nomenclature Class

Food Service T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 01: Built Environment Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

Getty AAT

Concept

platters (carrying dishes)

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Previous Accession Number

Other Number

VII.15.100

Material

Ceramic

Color

Red

Web Links and URLs

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

Provenance

Provenance Detail

1905 - 1911 Excavations

Acquisition Method

Found

Notes

James Curle