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Description: | The bracelet has been pulled out of its original form, now comprising a plain narrow strip, plano-convex in section. The zoomorphic-head terminal has become detached post deposition. The other end of the bracelet is missing but this may also have originally had a zoomorphic-head terminal or perhaps a terminal representing the tail of the creature. The neck of the animal is turned away from its body. The head is plain and its features comprise a rounded snout, an open mouth and a pair of eyes on the top of its head. It has a flat base. Interestingly, it is pierced vertically behind the eyes by a one-millimetre diameter drilled hole. There is also visible evidence that other end of the bracelet had broken at the point where a hole had been drilled. These may represent fixing holes, which together with the straightening of the bracelet, suggests the object may have been reused by being attached to something.
It is not entirely clear what animal is represented; in plan, it appears to be a serpent, but in profile resembles a sea creature, in particular a dolphin.
Width of terminal 7.9mm, thickness of terminal 4.9mm, weight: 10.38g. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Herepath, Nick - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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