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Description: | Copper-alloy bracelet fragment. The fragment is from one terminal with the eye from a hook-and-eye clasp. The fragment is 37 mm long and 8mm wide at the terminal. The remainder of the fragment is 5 mm wide. The bracelet is decorated with a raised longitudinal band down the centre which is defined by incised lines along its length and the centre is decorated with an incised herringbone pattern. There are two knops on either side of the armlet before it expands out to form the eye. There is also has a knop at either side of the terminal's end. The eye is circular and measures 3 mm in diameter. The bracelet has been bent out of shape, probably whilst in the plough soil. Bracelets of this type are Roman and date to the mid-3rd to the end of the 4th century. | 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: | 250
410 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Tom Brindle | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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