long oval, 26.7 x 16.7 mm (LxW), hollow back, coffee bean-like on the curved top, height without existing fastening 6.4 mm, with the fastening 12.3 mm => fitting with vulva-shaped head plate (belonging to Roman horse harness)
If you want to make the archaeologist happy, please find something like this! If you find anything similar, please let us know. We are currently collecting all new finds for a project.
Just wait and see... I'm sure more of this will come to light soon!
Markus Wehmer 23.9.2024
5 of them are shown here: Julius van Roemburg, Unarmed Cananefates? Roman military equipment and horse gear from non military context in the civitas Cananefatium (Master's thesis, Leiden 2011), pl. 12, B17. Open link: www.academia.edu