Vessel metal / jug

Description

Bronze wine jug with bands of decoration on the body and rim, the handle ending in a female head with hair braided and hanging in curls, from the Roman site at Newstead (Trimontium), late 1st century AD

Museum reference

X.FRA 1194

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Vessel metal / jug

Date

Late 1st century

Style / Culture

Romano-British

Materials

Bronze

Physical description

Bronze; ovalo border round rim; handle ending in a female head

Collection place(s)

Newstead, Roxburghshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Associations

Newstead Collection

Links to other web pages

Canmore Site Record

On display

national museum of scotland »
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