Sword / hilt guard

Description

Ivory hilt guard from the Roman site at Newstead (Trimontium), 80 - 180 AD

Museum reference

X.FRA 147

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Sword / hilt guard

Date

80 - 180

Style / Culture

Romano-British

Materials

Ivory, Bone

Physical description

Ivory. Also described as bone in Accompanying texts.

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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