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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy bracelet of early Roman date. One terminal and a short length of the band survive, the remainder of the object now missing due to old breaks. It is flat, rectangular in form and slightly curved in profile. The front face has moulded decoration. This consists at the terminal end of three groups of three annulets arranged in triangles, the annulets within each group joined by cabled decoration. The annulet motifs are positioned within transverse borders of diagonal lines. Extending from the innermost transverse border are the main central motifs of the bracelet that run along its length. These comprise four evenly spaced grooves, the outer two containing a central cabled band, the inner two possibly also containing cabled decoration but this is uncertain due to corrosion and encrustation of the object. There are traces of an added white metal coating on the exterior surfaces, and the back face is flat and undecorated. It measures 20.61mm in length (curved), 17.85mm in height, 1.16mm in thickness, and weighs 2.66g.This is an incomplete Roman bracelet with parallels noted in Crummy (2005: pp. 95-96) especially her Group A, although the current example appears to have at least 2 and possibly 4 decorative bands. The terminal decoration is near identical to her no. 28. These indicate a 1st century AD date for the current example, c.43-100 AD.
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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