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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy late Roman bracelet. Part of the decorated band survives intact, but the majority of the bracelet is now missing due to old breaks. It is D-shaped in section with flat back and rounded front face, tapering slightly at one end, possibly towards a now missing terminal. The front face is decorated with a series of incised grooves comprising two relatively widely spaced diagonal grooves at the widest end of the fragment followed by a series of closely spaced diagonal grooves that cover most of the front face. They terminate at the narrow end with two closely spaced vertical grooves. At each end the object termionates in old breaks, possibly at points where there were additional incised grooves, although this is uncertain due to the preservation of the object. The bracelet has a dark green patina in places but also show signs of post-depositional wear and pale green corrosive copper-alloy products. It measures 26.73mm in length, 6.01mm in height/width at widest end, 5.25mm at narrowest end, 2.48mm in thickness, and weighs 1.99g. This is a fragment from the band of a late Roman bracelet or armlet. Its form and decoration are similar to examples decorated with diagonal grooves and with multiple decoratiove motifs noted by Crummy at Colchester (Crummy, 1983: nos. 1683, 1730). These suggest a 3rd-4th century AD date for the current example.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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