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Description: | Part of a Late Roman copper-alloy bracelet.The length of bracelet, now bent into a 'U' shape, retains its hooked terminal, which would originally have fitted within an opposing eye. The piece is of 'D-shaped' section, its straight sides converging towards the upward-curving hook. Most of the convex surface of the bracelet is decorated, the only exception being a small area adjacent to the hook. The area next to the break has two plain panels with bevelled edges, separated from each other by a band of transverse grooves. The area between these panels and the terminal is decorated by a series of closely spaced, angled grooves.Length (total): 30.9mm; width (total): 17.6mm; maximum width of band: 5.2mm; thickness of band: 1.8mm; weight: 2.58g.Bracelets of this form, with grooved decoration and hooked terminals, are a typical product of the Late Roman period. Several similar bracelets were found in excavations in Colchester (Crummy 1983: fig. 47).
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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