NMS Archaeology Object 137256: X.FRA 1601 - Block / emblem, legionary
Description
Summary
Roman legionary emblem of a boar cut in a block of sandstone, from the Roman site at Newstead, 140 - 180 AD
Accession Number
X.FRA 1601
Other references
Not recorded | XII.15.4 |
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Original description
NEWSTEAD COLLECTION. Figure of a boar cut in a block of sandstone, 5 1/2" long, 7 1/4" high. "A Roman Frontier Post," p. 144.
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
Identifiers and Links to Other Records
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Identifier / External Link | Linked Record | Status | Comment |
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Canmore Site Id: 55621 | NEWSTEAD - MELROSE - ROMAN FORT (ROMAN) | Definite | |
NMS Accession Number: X.FRA 1601 | No linked record | Identifier supplied by NMS |
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