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Description: | Roman bracelet; cast copper alloy 'hook and eye' bracelet fragment of 3rd century date. The bracelet is formed by a single thin strip of copper alloy with stamped decoration on the external face. The strip comes to a point at one end and has a large, circular hole pierced through that end. The decoration then begins with a double transverse line followed by a large panel decorated with little knicks along the edges and a single line along the middle. This panel is about 35mm long and ends in another double transverse line. There are then two large ring and dot motifs, again separated with transverse lines. The final section is somewhat worn and battered but seems to have a single line along the centre, much like the first panel, and V-shapes along the edges. This section is truncated as the bracelet is broken about 15mm from the last transverse line. Known examples of this type of bracelet indicate that it would probably end in a hook which could be fitted into the hole to hold the bracelet around the wrist. This surviving fragment of bracelet seems very small, suggesting that either a large proportion of the original is now missing or that it was made for someone with a very small wrist, probably a child.Diameter (span) 29.2mm, width (band) 6.5mm, thickness (band) 1.1mm, weight 3.48gRef: Compare the bracelets on page 108 of Mills. Bracelet RB341 has incredibly similar decoration while the photograph of bracelet RB340 illustrates the 'hook and eye' fixing method.
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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