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Description: | Copper alloy Serpentiform bracelet probably dating to the Roman period.
Snakes and serpant form rings and bracelets featured quite commonly in the Hellanistic and early Roman world. Serpentiform jewellery was introduced into Britain in the first century and was in use throughout most of the Roman period (Johns, 1996). A primary distinction has been drawn by Henkel and Guiraud (as cited in Johns, 1996. p.44) between jewellery with a single snake head and a tail at the other end and penannular jewellery with two animal heads at each terminal. This bracelet is type B with a crude snakes head at each terminal. The bracelet is slightly oval in shape with a flat section and is quite small, possibly for a child. On the outside face of the bracelet there are small punched rings at equal intervals for decoration. The bracelet weighs 5.91g and measures 48.36mm in length, 41.29mm in width and 5mm in thickness. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Marshall, Anna - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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