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Roman copper alloy belt plate
Possibly a belt-plate but no means of attachment survives on the back and both sides are very worn on their upper face, as if a strap has rubbed upon it. On the back there is a small recess at one end, to take a central bar.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
54.389A/5.42
Find Information
Site Name: Bear House Field, Caerleon
Collection Method: Excavation
Date: 1954
Notes: field adjoins the south-west side of the legionary fortress : 'A' material is from the culvert. From the Civil Settlement.
Acquisition
collected officially, 12/10/1954
Measurements
Length
(mm): 29 (broken)
Width
(mm): 20
maximum thickness
(mm): 4
Material
Copper alloy
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