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Description: | One end of a narrow copper-alloy bracelet, now bent out of shape but otherwise in very good unworn condition. The rectangular terminal is slightly flattened and expanded, to 5 mm wide, and has a central circular hole. The hoop of the bracelet begins at 3 mm wide, with a raised transverse rectangular panel with a transverse groove to either side. Then comes a long panel decorated with a central longitudinal groove, with oblique nicks to either side. This panel ends with a double transverse groove; next comes a ring-and-dot with two rings, another pair of transverse grooves, then a short panel of oblique grooves, another pair of transverse grooves, and another two-rings-and-dot. The final panel has five transverse grooves; then comes the break, presumably across a sixth groove. The bracelet slowly flares to 5 mm wide at the break. The break is so neat that it looks in fact very like a deliberate cut. The dark olive green patina is in some cases so thin that the colour of the metal can be seen. These bracelets date to the 3rd or 4th century AD. The unbent surviving length is c. 100 mm.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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