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Description: | Portion of copper-alloy Roman bracelet formed of a strip only 3.2mm wide and 2mm thick, expanding at its terminal to a breadth of 6.5mm over a distance of 10mm. The terminal is square-nosed, and has a circular perforation of 3mm diameter. The terminal is also differentiated from the strip of the bracelet (otherwise unornamented) by two transverse grooves and two diagonals running from the terminal's inner corners to meet the perforation.
The curved fragment of bracelet measures 62.5mm from end to end. At the end opposite the terminal the metal abruptly becomes very thin (c0.3mm) and is everted by bending from the bracelet's proper curve. This very thin surface is pitted, especially on the underside, where two circular spots of corrosion focus might possibly represent small rivets from a repair of the original brooch. If, indeed, there had been an overlap or scarf joint in the metal this would also explain the thinning, and the manner of destruction of the bracelet. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 43
410 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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