Scabbard mount

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Swords were kept in scabbards, usually made of wood, strengthened with leather and metal bands. This bronze scabbard mount was found during excavations at the site of the Roman fort at Newstead in Roxburghshire. It was used between 80 and 180 AD.

The mount is damaged on one side. The shape of the mount is also found on scabbard chapes found at other sites in Roman Britain. Similar objects in bone are also known.

There were two classes of Roman soldiers: the elite legionary and the ordinary auxiliary, each with its own equipment. Every soldier, infantry and cavalry, was fully equipped. Military equipment was mass produced.

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• Online ID: 000-100-036-835-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.FRA 144
• Date: Between 80 and 180 AD
  
• Material: Copper alloy
  
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• Who: Newstead Collection
  
• Where: Scotland, Roxburghshire, Melrose, Newstead
  
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• Description: Copper alloy decorative scabbard mount, from Newstead
  
• References:
  • Curle, J. A Roman frontier post and its people: the fort of Newstead. Glasgow: MacLehose, 1911, pp 187-8, Pl. XXXV, no. 13. 
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