Summary

Ornamental strip of brass, probably a cart fitting, from the Roman site at Newstead, Roxburghshire, 80 - 180 AD

Accession Number

X.FRA 564

Other references

Original description

NEWSTEAD COLLECTION. Embossed strip of brass. "Rom. Fron. Post," Pl LXXV, 5. [MoS description - X.FRA 564, X.FRA 621] Getting around. Wheeled vehicles. Carts and horses. Vehicle fittings. (14) Decorative strips, Newstead. 80 - 180 AD. [Scran caption] This ornamented brass strip was found during excavations at the site of the Roman fort at Newstead in Roxburghshire. It may have fitted onto a vehicle such as a cart. The strip dates from between 80 and 180 AD. The strip is pierced with small holes for attachment, some of which are broken. The ornamentation was made by pressing a die onto sheet metal, in a style drawing on both native and Roman elements. Date: Between 80 and 180 AD. Material: Brass. Dimensions: Length: 118 mm; Width: 38 mm. References - Curle, J. A Roman frontier post and its people: the fort of Newstead. Glasgow: MacLehose, 1911, Pl. LXXV, 5.; MacGregor, Morna. Early Celtic art in North Britain. Leicester: Leicester University Press, 1976, vol. 1, p. 158;vol. 2, no. 338. F. Hunter note, 2013-01-21: Surface XRF analysis showed that the alloy was a brass (analytical report 96/25).

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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