The Late Roman Silver Treasure from Traprain Law

Fraser Hunter, Annemarie Kaufmann-Heinimann, Kenneth Painter (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

780 Seiten

2022
NMSE - Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-910682-23-4 (ISBN)

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Published to celebrate the centenary of the discovery of the Traprain Hoard, in East Lothian, Scotland, May 1919 - one of the most spectacular finds of Roman silver ever, and the biggest hoard of 'hacksilver': 23kg, battered, crushed and chopped up. New studies show that this was no act of destruction but a deliberate Roman policy.

Excavated from Traprain Law, East Lothian, Scotland, in May 1919, was one of the most spectacular discoveries of Roman silver ever made in Europe - and the biggest hoard of `hacksilver': 23kg, battered, crushed and chopped up. Blame for the destruction has hitherto been laid at the door of `barbarians' but this study changes that view. An international team of scholars has reviewed the hoard's origins and manufacture, its use as elite tableware, its hacking and later reuse. A century of new discoveries and ideas allow fresh conclusions, especially about the hacking. With wide-ranging parallels from across Europe, the authors argue that hacking was a deliberate Roman policy to create bullion at times of economic crisis, turning valued vessels into weights of silver to be used in frontier politics, to pay off groups from beyond the empire, or hire them as mercenaries.

Dr Fraser Hunter is Principal Curator of the Iron Age and Roman collections, National Museums Scotland, and presenter of Scotland: Rome’s Final Frontier on BBC2. Dr Annemarie Kaufmann-Heinimann is a researcher at Basel University. Dr Kenneth Painter was Deputy Keeper of the Greek and Roman department of the British Museum.

Foreword by Dr Christopher Breward, National Museums Scotland

Acknowledgements

Introduction

List of contributors

THE LATE ROMAN SILVER TREASURE FROM TRAPRAIN LAW

Part I: The treasure since its discovery

Part II: The components of the hoard

Tableware: eating vessels

Tableware: drinking vessels

Toilet vessels and implements

Furniture and fittings

Vessels: varia

Personal objects and non-plate items

Coins

Part III:

The silver as objects

The silver as Hacksilber

Roman Hacksilber beyond the frontier and its legacy

Conclusions

Appendices

Part IV: Catalogue of the Traprain Law Treasure

Introduction

Platters, dishes and bowls

Other eating and serving implements

Drinking equipment

Toilet and bathing equipment

Toilet and bathing equipment

Furniture and fittings

Other

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	19.07.2019
Zusatzinfo	Line drawings, black and white; Halftones, color; Halftones, black and white
Verlagsort	Edinburgh
Sprache	englisch
Maße	220 x 280 mm
Gewicht	3286 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
ISBN-10	1-910682-23-3 / 1910682233
ISBN-13	978-1-910682-23-4 / 9781910682234
Zustand	Neuware