Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Roman bone scabbard box chape

Back element of a bone box chape plate. The fragment presents a groove down each side, a notched top, and a bevelled bottom edge.

Collection Area

Archaeology & Numismatics

Item Number

32.60/8.9

Find Information

Site Name: Prysg Field, Caerleon

Grid Reference: ST 33 91
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1927-1929

Notes: unstratified

Acquisition

donation, 6/2/1932

Measurements

length / mm:61
width / mm:41
thickness / mm:4

Material

Bone

Location

in collections

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