Summary

Samian sherd showing Cupid, from the Roman site at Newstead, 80 - 180 AD

Accession Number

X.FRA 1248

Other references

Original description

NEWSTEAD COLLECTION. Fragment of a bowl (Drag. 29). Orna. Medallions with figure of cupid, and panels with tendrils etc. La Graufesque, "Rom. Fron. Post," p. 205. 8. HMcC note, 1998-99: Updated from SCRAN full data set.

Associated person/people (e.g. excavator/former collection)

Newstead Collection
Cupid

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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