Summary

Roman auxiliary sword or spatha, from the Roman site at Newstead, 80 - 100 AD

Accession Number

X.FRA 134

Other references

Original description

NEWSTEAD COLLECTION. Sword, 24 1/2" long, tang 6" long, blade 1 3/8" at hilt. p. 183, Pl. XXXIV, No. 6, "Rom. Fron. Post." Anon notes: 'Spatha'.

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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