Colchester belt plate

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Just found another illustration in Bishop & Coulston pg97 (first edition) size is appox 6.6 x 4cm, though it looks a bit distorted this seems about right...

Also found the reference to Webster 1958, however it has no image and directs you to "Camulodunum: First Report on the Excavations at Colchester 1930-1939" (I think) so not really a usefull reference here, though the article is interesting enough...
Also  identify's it as a horse trapping... see No42 (isnt that something to do with Hitchhikers Guide)

I dont have a copy of the first report though I have seen it in Colchester Library many many years ago...

I think your best bet maybe to contact Colchester museum direct...

I contacted the museum and they asked me about the name of the archaeological site and the number of the find. I send them a screenshot with the text from "Webster 1958". i hope it helps!

Forunately I found a pdf copy of "Camulodunum: First Report on the Excavations at Colchester 1930-1939" Hawkes & Hull, and indeed Miliary equipment is descibed from Pg335 as sited in Webster 1958, unfortunately it does not include any info regarding the belt plate, I think this may be because it is a much older find and this volume describes the 1930s Sheepen excavations a largely industrial (fabrica) site...

The last reference took some time its very difficult to find copy's of these ancient Journal's but here it is and the original image JBAA 4 1848-49 pg 84 (see Ref in Tony's pic) described as the cover of a small box, it seems to be a stray find, found whilst digging a drain just south of the Roman town wall in Osborn/St Johns/ Chapel and Essex Streets... this is not part of Sheepen which is north west of the town wall.

Awesome! So it has been found in 1848? And not in Sheepen but around Osborn?
What we know so far is that the plate is made out of thin bronze (maybe around 0.5 mm thick), punched and the size is about 6.6 x 4 cm. Correct?

I really love how the plate looks in the last sketch!