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Description: | Terminal and shaft fragment of a penannular copper alloy snake bracelet. The width of the object is 8mm at its thinnest, from where it gradually flares to the neck of the snake (c.11mm), and then terminates at the snout. Along the neck of the snake are two visible bands of incised crescents. The head has two incised circles presumably representing the eyes. There are some further crescents below the eyes however the rest of the features are too worn to distinguish. Snakes feature quite a lot in Roman mythology, and are commonly associated with the Roman god of healing, Asclepius. The snake symbolic of him represented the underworld, with its departed souls and ancestral spirits, while at the same time symbolising healing, rebirth and regeneration. | 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: | 200
410 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Adam Daubney | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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