Camp Kettle

Description

Bronze camp kettle with reverted rim and punched inscription 'turma Crispi Nigri', from the Roman site at Newstead (Trimontium), late 1st or 2nd century AD Photo © National Museums Scotland


Object Information

Date Created:

80-180 CE

Local ID:

X.FRA 1191

Collection:

National Museums Scotland

Provenance:

James Curle excavations 1905-1911

Place of Creation/Discovery:

Trimontium

Citation:

Curle, J. A Roman Frontier Post and its People: The Fort of Newstead in the Parish of Montrose. Glasgow: J Maclehose & Sons, 1911, pp 273-4, pl. LIII.

Materials:

Bronze

Cultural Attribution:

Roman

Period:

1st-2nd Century CE

Classification:

Food and Drink

Rights:

In Copyright- National Museums Scotland