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Description: | Fragment of a cast copper alloy strip; it is rectangular in cross-section and bent into a U shape with old, straight, cuts at either end. The outer side is divided into three main zones by longitudinal grooves. The central zone is plain but corroded. The border zones are decorated with rows of rouletted lozenges beyond which are plain edges. The inner side is plain. It is 10.9mm wide and 2.3mm thick; it weighs 7.13 grams.In style it is similar to early Roman strip like bracelets (e.g. Crummy 1983: 38, no.1586) and may have been converted into a finger ring, a phenomenon currently being researched by E. Swift. It is thicker than most bracelets however and may alternatively have been a binding strip for a wooden rod, perhaps part of furniture, similar to Crummy ibid:121, no.s 4103 and 4104.
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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