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Description: | Incomplete flattened copper alloy Roman bracelet with multiple motifs. It consists of a length 74.9mm with a complete pierced 'eye' end. It widens to the break, which is 7.9mm wide.
The pierced end is rounded and c.6mm in diameter. The central piercing is off-centre, very close to one edge, and 3.8mm in diameter. Beyond this the bracelet narrows to 4mm and this part is decorated with 7 or 8 horizontal grooves. These give way to a central vertical groove, either side of which are V-shaped grooves at a slight angle, on the edge. Beyond this ia a double groove then a panel with a double-ring and dot motif. Beyone this is another panel with probably the same decoration although this is now obscured by corrosion. The break is beyone this.
Weighs 2.48g. 4th century. Cf examples in Crummy 1983 fig.47 for the style, especially no.1725. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Hinds, Katie - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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