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Roman bone scabbard box chape
Front element of a bone box chape plate. The fragment is trapezoidal in shape and slightly convex. It is decorated by three raised ribs with open pelta-like ornaments between. The upper end is notched and lower edge bevelled. Back plate is 32.60/8.6.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
32.60/8.2
Find Information
Site Name: Prysg Field, Caerleon
Grid Reference: ST3391
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1927-1929
Notes: RBa(2)S
Acquisition
donation, 6/2/1932
Measurements
length / mm:62
width / mm:54
thickness / mm:13
Material
Bone
Location
in collections
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