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Roman bone scabbard box chape
Bone scabbard box chape. The central part of a front plate decorated by a raised central rib dividing a raised ellipse with a pair of incised scrolls near the top. There is a small circular hole in the top left corner, this probably took a rivet to help secure it to the scabbard.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
88.3H/8.13
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
Acquisition
Donation, 10/2/1988
Measurements
length / mm:63
width / mm:29 (broken)
thickness / mm:5
Material
bone
Location
In store
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