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"Ceremonial Lance" found at Caerleon dig
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Quote:Now seeing it, my money is on it being a shield grip bar. It appears to be symmetrical and the bent over flanges in the centre are mirrored in shield finds (The part that wraps around the wood bar)

Spot on - full marks that man.

Ouef sur le visage, Peter. Next time ask a military equipment person first ;-) To think we dragged him round Eastern Europe in 1987 making him look at Roman military equipment in strange places - did the boy learn nothing?!

Mike Bishop
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Re: "Ceremonial Lance" found at Caerleon dig - by mcbishop - 07-12-2008, 11:50 PM
Caerleon "object" - by Paullus Scipio - 07-14-2008, 09:23 PM

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