Metal breastplate to be worn across the chest; made of silver-coloured metal, with some dark discolouration. There is a raised central vertical line or ridge down the front, which curves in at the bottom (around the waist) and then flares out again at the very bottom. The edges are raised around the neck- and arm-holes, and there are thirty-four regularly spaced holes around the edges of the plate, and two holes one on either side of the chest.
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