Summary

Fragments of a platter of Samian ware, inscribed to indicate ownership, from the Roman site at Newstead

Accession Number

X.FRA 1584

Other references

Original description

NEWSTEAD COLLECTION. Fragments of bottom of platter with MERCATOR scratched underneath. "A Roman Frontier Post," Fig. 22, No4.

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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