NMS Archaeology Object 136642: X.FRA 1036 - Armour, laminated / fitting


Description

Summary


Two plates of bronze held together by two rivets, laminated armour (lorica segmentata) fitting, from the Roman site at Newstead, 80 - 180 AD


Accession Number


X.FRA 1036


Other references

Not recordedIII.15.200

Original description

NEWSTEAD COLLECTION. Two plates of bronze held together by two rivets, 2" long. SD note, July 1999: Edited from SCRAN full data set. [MoS description] Roman military equipment. Legionary. (4) Plate armour fittings, Newstead and Strageath. 80 - 180 AD.

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 Two plates of bronze held together by two rivets, laminated armour (lorica segmentata) fitting, from the Roman site at Newstead, 80 - 180 AD © National Museums Scotland
Image of Two plates of bronze held together by two rivets, laminated armour (lorica segmentata) fitting, from the Roman site at Newstead, 80 - 180 AD © National Museums Scotland

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