Summary

Iron spearhead with punctured inscription indicating ownership, from the Roman site at Newstead, 80 - 100 AD

Accession Number

X.FRA 171

Other references

Original description

NEWSTEAD COLLECTION. Spearhead of iron with punctured inscription, 10 5/8" long. "Rom. Fron. Post," p. 188, Pl. XXXVI, 5. R.B.K.S. notes: fragments of wood.

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

1915

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

Unknown

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Not recorded

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