Vessel metal / kettle, camp

Description

Bronze camp kettle with a Latin inscription reading 'The troops of Lucanus' punched twice on the bottom, from the Roman site of Newstead (Trimontium), late 1st or 2nd century AD

Museum reference

X.FRA 1190

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Vessel metal / kettle, camp

Date

Late 1st - 2nd century

Style / Culture

Romano-British

Materials

Bronze

Physical description

Bronze; punctured inscription 'Lucani' cut twice upon bottom

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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