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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 a raised central rib dividing a raised ellipse with a pair of incised scrolls near the top. The upper end is notched and lower edge bevelled.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
32.60/8.3
Find Information
Site Name: Prysg Field, Caerleon
Grid Reference: ST3391
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1927-1929
Notes: RBb(22)S
Acquisition
donation, 6/2/1932
Measurements
length / mm:58
width / mm:36 (broken)
thickness / mm:12
Material
Bone
Location
Caerleon: Case 07 Military Fittings
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