NMS Archaeology Object 135741: X.FRA 179 - Javelin head


Description

Summary


Iron javelin head from the Roman site at Newstead, 80 - 100 AD


Accession Number


X.FRA 179


Other references

Not recordedI 15-23

Original description

NEWSTEAD COLLECTION. Spearhead of iron, 4 9/16" long. "Rom. Fron. Post," Pl. XXXVII, fig. 6.

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

Image

Image of Iron javelin head from the Roman site at Newstead, 80 - 100 AD © National Museums Scotland
Image of Iron javelin head from the Roman site at Newstead, 80 - 100 AD © National Museums Scotland

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