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Description: | Part of a Late Roman copper-alloy strip bracelet.The piece is of flat section and is roughly parallel-sided, having a slight flaring at one end. The bracelet does not retain its original curvature but, rather, appears to have been deliberately flattened. The break at the wider end is irregular and may be the result of accidental damage; the narrower end, however, has a more regular, vertical face which represents either an original terminal or, more likely, a deliberate truncation with a flat-bladed implement. A series of incised panels decorates the upper surface. The panel at the wider end has a longitudinal groove at its centre, with each edge decorated by a repeating pattern of angled grooves. A transverse band of grooves and ridges separates this panel from two adjacent panels, each of which is decorated with a single oval surrounded by concentric grooves and ridges. A single transverse groove divides these two panels, the corners of which are also truncated. The remains of a further panel survive at the narrow end of the bracelet.Length: 40.5mm; width: 6.5mm; thickness: 3.3mm; weight: 3.82g.A close parallel for this common form of Late Roman bracelet is no. 1725 from excavations in Colchester (Crummy 1983: p. 45/fig. 47). The suggested date for bracelets of this form is mid 3rd to early 5th century.
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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