Summary

Saddle plate of brass, oblong with two panels with a boss in the centre of each, from the Roman site at Newstead, 80 - 100 AD

Accession Number

X.FRA 519

Other references

Original description

NEWSTEAD COLLECTION. Rectangular plate of brass in two panels with a boss in the centre of each. "Rom. Fron. Post," Pl LXXII, Fig. 4. [MoS description] Bloodshed, weapons and heroes. Dressing up the horses. (12) Saddle plates, Newstead. 80 - 180 AD. [Scran caption] This brass saddle plate was found during excavations at the site of the Roman fort at Newstead in Roxburghshire. It was used to decorate a saddle, probably on ceremonial occasions, between 80 and 100 AD. Date: Between 80 and 100 AD. Material: Brass. Reference - Curle, J. A Roman frontier post and its people: the fort of Newstead. Glasgow: MacLehose, 1911, Pl. LXXII, 4.

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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