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Roman iron lorica plumata fragment
Feathered scale armour (lorica plumata) Mid-1st century A.D. This is extremely rare lorica plumata. The iron chain mail is covered with iron scales. Where the details are clear the upper edges of the scales had been bent back at right angles and drilled with four holes through which rings of the mail were passed before they were closed with a minute rivet. The scales have slightly convex tips and median ridges.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
82.11H/6.5
Find Information
Site Name: Usk, Monmouthshire
Grid Reference: SO 3775 0049
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1973
Notes: from fortress pit
Measurements
length / mm:66.0
diameter / mm:3.4 ± 0.5 (rings)
thickness / mm:c. 0.9 (wire)
length / mm:9.6 ± 1.5 (scales)
width / mm:c. 5.0 (scales)
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