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This is a detail of the handle of a bronze wine jug found during excavations at the site of the Roman fort at Newstead in Roxburghshire. The jug was imported from Italy and used between 80 and 100 AD.

At the base of the handle is a head of Bacchus, the Roman god of wine, with ivy tendrils in his hair.

Although the Roman occupation did not result in the native population becoming Romanised, certain Roman habits such as drinking wine appear to have been adopted in some cases, in order to show off high status.

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• Online ID: 000-100-037-364-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.FRA 1193
• Date: Between 80 and 100 AD
  
• Material: Bronze; large; handle ending in a bacchanal's head with ivy tendrils in the hair
  Jug, wine
  
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• What: Jug, wine
  
• Subject:
• Who: Newstead Collection
  
• Where: Scotland, Roxburghshire, Melrose, Newstead
  
• Event:
• Description: Large bronze wine jug with a handle ending in a bacchanal's head with ivy tendrils in the hair, from Newstead
  
• References:
  • Curle, J. A Roman frontier post and its people: the fort of Newstead. Glasgow: MacLehose, 1911, p 275, Pl. LV. 
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