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Description: | Fragment of a cast copper alloy bracelet or armlet, D-shaped in section, and broken at both ends with the wider end originally from the centre of the bracelet, which then tapers towards the terminals. There is a pair of transverse ribs, the first about 8 mm in from the wider broken edge and the second about 8 mm beyond the first. There was probably originally another rib just beyond the break, which would have, together with the other two ribs, defined the two areas between them which have slightly rounded edges, making them appear like beads on a beaded bracelet. From the second extant rib, there are rows of punched annulets that run longitudinally down the outer face of the armlet to the tapered terminal. The width of the bracelet in this section would have originally been wider, as the decoration appears to continue to the edge and the edge is more scalloped and damaged on one side than the other.Similar examples of Roman bracelets recorded on the database can be seen in records: WILT-779FC8, SOM-C52AE2, WILT-A50282 and YORYM-F87570.Crummy (1983) illustrates an armlet with tapering terminals, punched annulets and transverse ribs on page 46, Fig.47, No.1730, which is dated c.AD 320-450.
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