Late Roman Shoulder Pauldrons

[Nathan Ross]

Who says that this is a shoulder guard?

From what I gather from Dr Stiebel's talk (from which I took the image - I'd never seen it before either!) this item was actually found in situ on a Roman body, or the remains of one. Presumably somewhere around the shoulder... (Stiebel himself called it a shoulder guard, btw)

It's very hard to tell from the picture how dished it might be - quite shallow, it seems - and how those holes would work (some sort of very thick fabric or leather edging, perhaps?) I'm also not sure how big it is!

But since (if it were inverted...) it would at least resemble the sort of half-moon pauldron thing discussed here, it seemed worth sharing. Perhaps others know more about it?