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Description: | Fragment of copper alloy unidentified object with punched and grooved decoration, probably Roman or Early-Medieval in date. It is slightly curving in profile if viewed from its narrower edge and broken at both ends. It measures 26.3mm long and weighs 5.6g.The object comprises a wider and narrower part, the wider being just over half the length of the entire object. In section, the wider part is pointed oval while the narrower more rectangular/ oval.At the wider end, the break is 7.5x4.9mm. The narrow side edge (the point of the pointed oval) is flattened on one side and decorated with eleven tiny circular punch marks. The fragment curves in profile when viewed from this edge (or its opposite plain narrow edge). However, the 'inside' edge from this view, on the wider face, is decorated below punchmarks 8-6 (counting from the break at the wide end) with a grooved V.The narrow part of the fragment (5.8x4.6mm) is decorated on all sides of its rectangular/ oval section with two deep and wide grooves, all of which are transverse except for one (at the narrow end on the 'decorated' side of the fragment) which is diagonal.It is unlikely this forms part of a bracelet as the curve on the object is too wide. The V is curious placed on the 'inside' surface of the object and may have been functional rather than decorative.
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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