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Description: | A Roman copper alloy bracelet (320-450AD). The bracelet is penannular, an irregular oval in profile, plain with no decoration. It has a D-shaped section that tapers from 5.23mm to 1.86mm towards the ends. A similar example was found at the Butt Road site in Colchester (Crummy 1995: 38-40). The Colchester example has similarly tapering ends but they overlap and twist around each other to form a sliding clasp. It is difficult to determine on this bracelet if the ends are broken and would have overlapped, or if the bracelet was intended to be penannular. The Colchester example was excavated from a grave deposit dated AD 320-450. This bracelet has a length of 46.82mm and a width of 42.42mm; small for an adult possibly suggesting this was made for a child. Dark green patina.Dimensions: length 46.82mm; width 42.42mm; thickness 5.23mm; weight 15.84gReferences: Crummy, N. 1995. The Roman Small Finds From Excavations in Colchester 1971-9. Colchester Archaeological Trust, Colchester.
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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