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Description: | A twisted fragment consisting of approximately a quarter of a cast copper-alloy bracelet or armlet of late Roman date (c. 4th century AD). The fragment consists of the bracelet's terminal, the hook end, with abraded hook extant. The bracelet is rectangular with rounded corners in cross-section. In profile it has been twisted to one side, then round on itself such that it abuts the side of the hooked end at right angles to it. The bracelet expands in width gradually from the hook end. It is decorated unifacially using multiple motifs. What survives on this example is a raised lozenge within a recessed field just below the hook. Beyond three transverse grooves is a long field decorated by a central longitudinal grooves flanked on both sides by diagonally incised lines. This is similar to fields near the terminals on a bracelet illustrated in Crummy (1983, 46; ref. 1732). Beyond three further transverse grooves is a small square section decorated with a punched ring-and-dot motif. The old break is immediately beyond, perhaps at a point of weakness if another transverse groove followed. The whole object has suffered slightly from corrosion but generally has a red-brown colour with very little green patina surviving.
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