Late Roman Segmentata?!?!

[Bran ap Maclou]

What is surprising is that I thought that pectoral plates were linked all along the side to the rings of a hamata for example.

But on the right side of the piece, you can watch 2 holes, then nothing, then two holes again and nothing and finally one more hole on the upper edge of the piece. So even if it evocates, in my opinion, rather half a pectoral than something else, could it be the hinges fixing holes of a seg ?

I really wonder if these hole series could not fit with this following breast plate but drilled in order to show the decorum.
http://www.armatura.connectfree.co.uk/jrmes/j0601b.htm

However, the general shape is rather in favor to a pectoral. Do you see on this picture what I mean.
http://www.imperivm.org/img/articulos/0 ... ta_004.jpg

Last question : Are you sure that this can't be from a gladiatorial background ?

Bye

Greg