Summary

Embossed plate of thin bronze, possibly a decorative strip for a cart, from the Roman site at Newstead, 80 - 180 AD

Accession Number

X.FRA 621

Other references

Original description

NEWSTEAD COLLECTION. Embossed plate, thin bronze, for decoration of a casket (?). "Rom. Fron. Post," Pl LXXXI, 18. [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 embossed strip of thin bronze was found at the site of the Roman fort at Newstead in Roxburghshire. It was possibly used as a decorative strip for a vehicle such as a cart. The strip dates from between 80 and 180 AD. The strip is ornamented with stamped bosses on the edge, and a central row surrounded by repousse rings. The strip is incomplete at one end. Three small rivet holes for attachment are preserved. Date: Between 80 and 180 AD. Material: Bronze. Dimensions: Length: 84 mm; Width: 39 mm. References - Curle, J. A Roman frontier post and its people: the fort of Newstead. Glasgow: MacLehose, 1911, Pl. LXXXI, 18.; MacGregor, Morna. Early Celtic art in North Britain. Leicester: Leicester University Press, 1976, vol. 1, p. 158;vol. 2, no. 339.

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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