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Description: | A copper-alloy object of uncertain function. The item appears to have been made from a section of a Roman copper-alloy bracelet of possible 1st century AD date (see ref.). It is rectangular in shape and measures 79.6mm long by 11.1mm wide and 1.4mm thick. It is approximately flat and has probably been hammered out of its original curve and the two ends squared off. The upper surface has two parallel horizontal recesses, each of which is decorated along its length by a repeating pattern of closely-spaced vertical incisions. These two bands are separated by a central horizontal ridge. This decoration extends as far as one of the ends but stops short of the other end. At this latter end the space between the horizontal band decoration and the cut off end of the piece has faint traces of a pattern, which may comprise of petals and circles such as those seen on the parallel given (see ref.). The reverse is plain. There are two vertical tears along the length of the piece which are consistent with the theory that it was hammered flat. It is slightly corroded and weighs 8.81g. | 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: | 1
200 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Julian Watters | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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