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Iron band-shaped umbo with square wings, from a wooden shield. Reconstructed with plaster, some incorrectly positioned but rectified in the drawing. Now in two fragments. Its length was probably 273 mm, the dome is 123 mm long at the side, The wings were perhaps slightly flared. A nail head, 27 mm diameter, has survived in one wing and the shank of a nail in the other, visible on X-rays. Wood traces on the upper surface of the dome, grain vertical along the length of the grave.
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