Hacking the Traprain Treasure
Resource type
Book chapter
Creator (person)
Hunter, Fraser
Date published
July 21, 2022
Abstract
The Traprain Law Treasure1 has traditionally been viewed as a group of late Roman silver that met an unfortunate fate. Most vessels had been completely distorted, often by multiple hacking phases, with fittings removed, rims severed, footrings pushed out of position and sometimes even split lengthwise. Many had been crushed and bent, with some hammered flat and/or folded into packages; in a few cases, groups of objects had been crushed or folded together. 2
Book title
The late Roman silver treasure from Traprain Law
Editor
Hunter, Fraser
Kaufmann-Heinimann, Annemarie
Painter, Kenneth
Pagination
332-357
Publisher
NMSE - Publishing Ltd
Place of publication
Edinburgh
Rights statement
In Copyright
Collection