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Description: | A fragment of a copper-alloy Roman bracelet dating to AD 250-410. The bracelet is an elongated rectangle in plan, which has become slightly crumpled. In section it is rectangular. The outer surface has been decorated with small annulets which appear to form two arcs. At one terminal of the bracelet, the decoration is more abundant and is in the form of triangles in low relief at the edge, otherwise the details are not clear. Both terminals are broken edges and only one break is probably recent. The surface of the bracelet has a mottled light green to mid green patina. It is 0.99mm thick, 49.78mm long and 5.07mm wide and it weighs 1.54g.
Crummy (Crummy, N 1983 Colchester Archaeological Report 2: The Roman Small Finds from Excavations in Colchester 1971-9, Colchester Archaeological Trust.) illustrates a similar late Roman bracelet dated to the late 3rd to 4th centuries(no. 1732) which has small annulets in arcs and triangular motifs at the edges. | Subjects: | Strip | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Bolton, Angie - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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