Help with Roman cavalry and melon beads in Germania

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Re. direct evidence of use of melon beads on cavalry harness:

One of the horses killed in the battle of Gelduba in 69 AD still had 17 melon beads around its neck when it was burried (grave 3960):

[url:2t1is1aw]http://www.archaeologie-krefeld.de/Bilder/entdeckungen/PDF%20Dateien/Pferdegeschirr/BeitragLVR2007.pdf[/url]

(in German)

Another unlucky equid with (this time 11) melon beads around its neck was found in Pompeji:

[url:2t1is1aw]http://edoc.ub.uni-muenchen.de/3456/1/Simon_Ortisi_Christina.pdf[/url]

(also in German)