Summary

Piece of tent, a pointed oval tab of leather with a thong knotted through it, from the Roman site at Newstead, Roxburghshire, 80 - 180 AD

Accession Number

X.FRA 21

Other references

Original description

NEWSTEAD COLLECTION. Pointed oval tab of leather, 14.8 cm. long, showing stitch marks of a circular patch, thong knotted through it. Updated from SCRAN full data set, December 1998. [MoS description] Bloodshed, heroes and weapons. Living on the move. A Roman tent. (1) Pieces of tent, Newstead. 80 - 180 AD.

Associated person/people (e.g. excavator/former collection)

Newstead Collection

Discovery / field collection

Date of discovery

1905

Method (e.g. excavation)

Excavated

Place (i.e. location of discovery)

Newstead, Roxburghshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Grid reference

Not recorded

Acquisition

Acquisition date

1914

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

Unknown

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Not recorded

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