NMS Archaeology Object 135677: X.FRA 117.1 - Lorica segmentata armour fragment


Description

Summary


Roman iron armour fragment (lorica segmentata), Newstead, Scottish Borders, 140 - 185


Accession Number


X.FRA 117.1


Other references

Not recordedXII 14-146

Original description

NEWSTEAD COLLECTION. Remains of an iron breastplate. p. 156, Pl. XXII, fig. 11, "Rom. Fron. Post." Updated from SCRAN full data set, December 1998. [MoS description] Roman military equipment. Legionary. (3) Plate armour, 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

Image

Image of Roman iron armour fragment (lorica segmentata), Newstead, Scottish Borders, 140 - 185 © National Museums Scotland
Image of Roman iron armour fragment (lorica segmentata), Newstead, Scottish Borders, 140 - 185 © National Museums Scotland

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