Block / emblem, legionary

Description

Roman legionary emblem of a boar cut in a block of sandstone, from the Roman site at Newstead (Trimontium), 140 - 180 AD

Museum reference

X.FRA 1601

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Block / emblem, legionary

Date

140 - 180

Style / Culture

Romano-British

Materials

Sandstone

Physical description

Sandstone; cut with a figure of a boar

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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