Mortarium

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Description

Reconstructed ceramic grinding bowl (mortarium) of soft buff ware, stamped with the manufacturer's name 'Brvsc', from the Roman site at Newstead (Trimontium), 140 - 180 AD

Object Information

Date Created:

140-180 CE

Local ID:

X.FRA 1428

Collection:

National Museums Scotland

Provenance:

James Curle excavations 1905-1911

Place of Creation/Discovery:

Trimontium

Count:

1

Citation:

Curle, James. A Roman frontier post and its people: the Fort of Newstead in the parish of Melrose. Glasgow: Maclehose & Sons, 1911

Materials:

Ceramic

Cultural Attribution:

Roman

Period:

2nd century

Classification:

Ceramic, Tool

Rights:

In Copyright- National Museums Scotland