NMS Archaeology Object 136070: X.FRA 496.1 - Harness, horse / bridle bit, snaffle


Description

Summary


Roman snaffle bit of iron, one of two, from the Roman site at Newstead, 80 - 100 AD


Accession Number


X.FRA 496.1


Other references

Undivided Classification Number
Queen Street Register Number
X.FRA 496
I.15.419

Original description

NEWSTEAD COLLECTION. [One of two] Bridal bits. "Rom. Front Post," p. 296. Pl. LXXI, 1 & 2.

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 Roman snaffle bit of iron, one of two, from the Roman site at Newstead, 80 - 100 AD © National Museums Scotland
Image of Roman snaffle bit of iron, one of two, from the Roman site at Newstead, 80 - 100 AD © National Museums Scotland

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