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Roman copper alloy lorica segmentata vertical hook
An unfinished piece, with the square-sectioned rod (3x3mm), still straight, and with rivet holes not yet punched. This piece could equally well have become a girdle-plate tie-loop.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
88.3H/3.22
Find Information
Site Name: British Telecom Site, Caerleon
Grid Reference: ST 33 91
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1987
Notes: Excavation conducted on land immediately to the east of the telephone exchange on Museum Street. Context: Phase Ib
Acquisition
Donation, 10/2/1988
Measurements
length / mm:67
length / mm:24 (rod)
maximum width / mm:15
width / mm
thickness / mm:1
Material
copper alloy
Location
In store
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