NMS Archaeology Object 136071: X.FRA 497 - Harness, horse / bridle bit, curb


Description

Summary


Roman curb bit of iron, from the Roman site at Newstead, 140 - 180 AD


Accession Number


X.FRA 497


Other references

Not recordedI.15.421

Original description

NEWSTEAD COLLECTION. Bridal bits. Bit, from large inner ditch, west Front. "Rom. Fron. Post," p. 297. Pl LXXI, 3.

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 curb bit of iron, from the Roman site at Newstead, 140 - 180 AD © National Museums Scotland
Image of Roman curb bit of iron, from the Roman site at Newstead, 140 - 180 AD © National Museums Scotland

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