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Description: | A terminal from a silvered copper alloy snake bracelet. The bracelet is flat, rectangular in cross-section and flares at the terminal in the shape of a snakes' head. The surface is extremely worn and all that remains in terms of decoration are two lines down the centre of the snakes' forehead. These two lines are not grooves or ribs, but are only visible as discolouration in the metal surface.
Probably Johns type Bii, which is a type thought to be a provincial variant manufactured in both silver and bronze in Roman Britain (Johns, C. 1997, The Snettisham Roman Jeweller's hoard, p36, fig 9.).
In the pagan classical world snakes were regarded as beneficient creatures with positive amuletic powers. They were associated with a number of deities and were connected with the underworld and the souls of the departed (Johns, 1997: p35). | Subjects: | Snake | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Daubney, Adam - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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