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Description: | The object is cast copper alloy bracelet. It is possibly a penannular type and is sub-triangular in plan. This shape is due to damage rather than being intentional. In section it is an oval. Both terminals are possibly broken, or heavily abraded. The terminals taper slightly in width and depth. The outer surface of the bracelet is decorated with transverse and oblique grooves, which are worn at the apex of the curvature, presumably by the sleeve of a garment. The surface of the bracelet has a trace of a well developed shiny light green patina, otherwise the surface is abraded. It measures 4.96mm thick, 64.2mm long and 56.35mm wide. It weighs 17.93g.
Crummy (Crummy, N 1983 Colchester Archaeological Report 2: The Roman Small Finds from Excavations in Colchester 1971-9, Colchester Archaeological Trust.) illustrates similar bracelets, No. 1651 and 1683 for example, which date to the late 3rd to 4th centuries. | 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: | 275
400 | 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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