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Roman copper alloy scabbard slide
Now badly corroded and encrusted. There is some evidence for a brake at the top, suggesting that there was once a terminal at the top. The attachment studs appear to have been of iron.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
54.389A/5.43
Find Information
Site Name: Bear House Field, Caerleon
Grid Reference: ST 33 91
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:111 (broken)
maximum width / mm:14
width / mm
Material
copper alloy
Location
In store
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