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Description: | The precise identification of the object is uncertain, however it resembles Roman fibula brooches or perhaps bracelets, and therefore has been recorded as possibly a Personal Ornament. The style and patina suggest a Roman date
The object is a length of moulded cast copper alloy which is predominately circular in section, however the concave surface is slightly flattened and worn, perhaps suggesting it may have been a well worn bracelet. In profile the object has an even curvature. One terminal is broken, the other less likely to be. Starting with the terminal that may be complete, it is circular in section. The terminal has a slight irregular step, which may be a casting seam. This surface has traces of a black patina or worn coating. The stem then has three moulded bulbous sections which are divided by three waisted sections. The bulbous components are decorated with oblique notches around three-quarters of the circumference. The other quarter is the worn interior surface. Below the lower waisted section the object then has a sub-lozenge shaped section, with the interior corner becoming a curved surface. The exterior surface is decorated with a central vertical ridge. Bordering this is a smaller ridge with fine oblique notches. The terminal is then a broken surface, which is corroding. Otherwise the object has a well developed, shiny mid green patina. There are occasional traces of a darker patina/coating at the bulbous terminal.
It measures 42.5mm long, and 8.8mm diameter. It weighs 8.59g. | 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: | 410 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Angie Bolton | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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