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Vessel metal / flask

Description

Iron flask with a copper alloy neck and pair of straps with decorative mounts soldered to the iron, from the Roman site at Newstead (Trimontium), 2nd century AD

Museum reference

X.FRA 3435

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Vessel metal / flask

Date

2nd century

Style / Culture

Romano-British

Materials

Iron, Bronze

Physical description

Iron; bronze mounts

Collection place(s)

Newstead, Roxburghshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Associations

Excavator: Curle, James, 1867 (fl.)

Links to other web pages

Canmore Site Record

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