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Description: | Fragment of Romano-British jet or shale bracelet. This fragment is slightly curved and represents approximately one eighth of the total bracelet. It has been made with diagonal grooves that give it the appearance of a continual spiral, as is commonly seen in cable twisted copper alloy bracelets of the same period. This gives it a subcircular section. The fragment is of unequal thickness, as it broadens and thickens at one end, suggesting that the overall bracelet was not uniformly thick. The fragment is abraded and is a dull black. Where it is pitted, the surface shows as yellow. Though the broken ends are not clean breaks, they are shiny and worn smooth, suggesting damage occurred in antiquity. The fragment is 34.12mm long, 10.3mm wide and 9.82mm thick at the broader end, 6.96mm wide and 7.5mm thick at the narrow end and weighs 3.78g. Bracelets of this style date to the 3rd and 4th centuries. An example of a similar 'cable twist' jet or shale bracelet fragment can be seen in Crummy 1983, figure 38, number 1556, though this is of even thickness.
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