NMS Archaeology Object 136730: X.FRA 1113 - Balance / rod


Description

Summary


Bronze rod with phallic terminal, perhaps part of a balance, from the Roman site at Newstead


Accession Number


X.FRA 1113


Other references

Not recordedII.15.74

Original description

NEWSTEAD COLLECTION. Bronze rod with phallic terminal, perhaps part of a balance. "Rom. Fron. Post," Pl. LXXVII, 1. HMcC note, 1998-99: Updated from SCRAN full data set.

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 Bronze rod with phallic terminal, perhaps part of a balance, from the Roman site at Newstead © National Museums Scotland
Image of Bronze rod with phallic terminal, perhaps part of a balance, from the Roman site at Newstead © National Museums Scotland

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