Find Spot: Castlecary on the Antonine Wall

Dating of Item: Roman, based on Associated material

Current Location: National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh ·

Condition: Complete

Description: Mouthpiece with 24 mm diameter rim, 20 mm diameter cup, 11 mm deep and throat 5.5 mm. This may be the mouthpiece said to have been found at Castlecary on the Antonine Wall in 1902. According to the contemporary report, a mouthpiece was found along with very fragmentary remains of a tuba. I have been unable to locate these fragment or to tie up this mouthpiece with the find at Castlecary.

Link to a page on the Castlecary find which is Copyright owned by The National Museum of Scotland: https://www.roman-britain.co.uk/places/castlecary/ The national Museum of Scotland page on the mouthpiece:

Dimensions of the mouthpiece. To re-use this image cite hornandtrumpet.com, SD255:

Citations: Klar 1971: 334, Abb. 4e; Liversidge, 1972, 358.