Cultural object · Europeana
IMAGE- Medium
- ARMOUR
- Year
- 1
- Place
- United Kingdom; Wiltshire; Wiltshire
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Provider
- The Portable Antiquities Scheme
- Collection
- 2048087_Ag_EU_AthenaPlus_CollectionsTrust
Incomplete Roman sheet copper alloy armour scale from a lorica (Roman armour). It is rectangular in shape and apparantly broken at one end (it now has a jagged edge). The opposite end is not damaged and has two semi circular cuttings in the edge, presumably for rivet attachments.Running vertically along the centre of the scale is a rib, created by pushing both edges of the scale inwards to create a ridge (on the reverse is a corresponding furrow). To either side is a wavy line of rocker-arm dec
archaeology - ROMAN
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