Tent / portion

Description

Piece of tent, a pointed oval tab of leather with a thong knotted through it, from the Roman site at Newstead (Trimontium), Roxburghshire, 80 - 180 AD

Museum reference

X.FRA 21

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Tent / portion

Date

Late 1st - 2nd century

Style / Culture

Romano-British

Materials

Leather

Physical description

Leather; pointed oval; showing stitch marks of a circular patch; thong knotted through it

Collection place(s)

Newstead, Roxburghshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Associations

Newstead Collection

Links to other web pages

Canmore Site Record

On display

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