Traprain Law Hoard

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Hacking the Traprain Treasure
(2022-07-21)
Hunter, Fraser
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
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Hacksilber inside and outside the late Roman world: a view from Traprain Law
(2017)
Painter, Kenneth
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Hunter, Fraser
Renewed study of the hoard of late Roman Hacksilber from Traprain Law (UK) is casting fresh light on this important find and on the wider phenomenon of Hacksilber. It is increasingly clear that such finds of sub-divided, broken-up Roman silver objects are not purely a 'barbarian' phenomenon, but were a normal way of treating silver in the late Empire in the north-western provinces. This plausibly relates to economic changes, with silver used as bullion alongside coinage. Although found on both sides of the frontier, hoards from Barbaricum differ in being dominated by Hacksilber. Various possible explanations are considered - notably plunder, payment for military service, and pay-offs or political 'gifts'. While all are plausible in different instances, payment and political gifts seem to fit much of the observed data better. A 'life-cycle' approach to such hoards is proposed, following the various phases of the different vessels from production through cycles of sub-division to deposition. Such detailed studies will greatly improve our understanding of this phenomenon.
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'I have had a great day': A O Curle and the discovery of the Traprain Treasure
(2022-07-21)
Clarke, David
The recovery of the Traprain Treasure was by far the greatest moment in Alexander Ormiston Curle's antiquarian career [Illus 1.1]. It is safe to assume that at the outset of the work in East Lothian on behalf of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, he had no expectation of such a spectacular find.
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The Treasure of Traprain: conclusions and questions
(2022-07-21)
Hunter, Fraser
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Kaufmann-Heinimann, Annemarie
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Painter, Kenneth
Tackling the Hacksilber hoard from Traprain Law is an imposing project. Not only in the primary publication by Alexander Curle a masterly analysis that has survived the test of time, but the sheer scale of the material is daunting. Our work suggests that the surviving 23kg consisted of 327 individual fragments from between 129 and 171 different items.
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Hacksilber in the Roman period and beyond
(2022-07-21)
Hunter, Fraser
Although Alexander Curle was able to call on the Ballinrees (Coleraine) hoard from Northern Ireland as a parallel for the hacking of Traprain, it was not until Wilhelm Grunhagen's 1954 study of the GroàŸbodungen hoard (Thà¼ringen/Germany) [Illus 41.1] that Hacksilber saw serious study as a concept in the Roman period.
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A context for the Treasure: Traprain Law and Rome's northern frontier
Hunter, Fraser
The discovery of the Traprain Treasure was the most dramatic moment in a spectacular and long-running excavation. While nothing else quite matched the excitement of this find, the results of work at Traprain Law redefined perspectives on the Scottish Iron Age and relations with the Roman world. This chapter will summarise our knowledge of the site, its role in the 4th and 5th centuries at the time of the Tresure, and its position in the wider politics between the Roman world and its northern neighbours, finishing with observations on the role of silver as opposed to gold in Scotland at the time.
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Foreword
(2022-07-21)
Breward, Christopher
The late Roman silver hoard from Traprain Law is one of the treasures of National Museums Scotland and has excited international attention since its discovery a century ago.
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Insights from unidentified fragments
Hunter, Fraser
Alexander Curle's published catalogue consists of 152 entries, which correlate directly with National Museums Scotland catalogue nos GVA 1-152. His entry 144 is for a 'collection of irregularly-shaped fragments of undecorated, thin pieces of plate which has probably broken off platters or other flat dishes.
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AA: Vessel fragments not allocated to types
(2022-07-21)
Hunter, Fraser
Among the material not catalogued by Curl was a box of 'scrap' (see Chapter 31). It is presented here in the following categories: decorated elements; other unusual elements; feature sherds (rims, base); fragments with lathe grooves; body sherds and non-diagnostic material.
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Introduction
(2022-07-21)
Hunter, Fraser
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Kaufmann-Heinimann, Annemarie
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Painter, Kenneth
On 12 May 1919, a workman was digging on the Iron Age hillfort of Traprain Law in East Lothian, some 30km east of Edinburgh in south-east Scotland [p1]. The work had only restarted for a fortnight: excavations had been in abeyance for three years in the turmoil of the Great War, a war in which this man, George Pringle, had himself fought. The routine of excavation was familiar to him; he had been foreman on these excavations in 1914 and 1915. The results had been fascinating and the haul finds impressive, but nothing matched what was to appear that day. In gently loosening the soil he pulled up a Roman silver vessel on the end of his pick. It was the first trace of the Traprain Treasure, some 1500 years after its burial
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