Scabbard loop

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Swords were kept in scabbards, usually made of wood, strengthened with leather and metal bands. This bronze scabbard suspension loop was found during excavations at the site of the Roman fort at Newstead in Roxburghshire.

Copper alloy scabbard suspension loop, from Newstead

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: 000-100-036-836-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.FRA 145
• Date: Between 80 and 180 AD
  
• Material: Copper alloy
  Scabbard suspension loop
  
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• What: Scabbard suspension loop
  
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• Who: Newstead Collection
  
• Where: Scotland, Roxburghshire, Melrose, Newstead
  
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• References:
  • Curle, J. A Roman frontier post and its people: the fort of Newstead. Glasgow: MacLehose, 1911, p 187, Pl. LXXVII, 4. 
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