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Description: | A copper-alloy fragment of a Roman cable stye bracelet, probably dating from the third to fourthcenturies AD. The bracelet has been fashioned from two strands of wire, both oval in cross-section, which are then twisted around one another without the aid of a central wire. Both ends have broken off without their terminals and approximately half of the bracelet is missing from old breaks. The object has an even dark green patina, even across the surfaces of the breaks. The fragment measures approximately 66.6 mm diameter, 4.17 mm thick and weighs 6.72 grams.National finds advisor Sally Worrell describes cable bracelets as having two, three or four cables wound around each other or around a central core. These bracelet types mostly had hook and eye fasteners which rarely survive as they have in this case. Worrell dates these types of cable bracelet to c. third to fourth centuries AD (cf. Worrell, 'PAS Roman Finds Guide', Draft 2011). Cf. Crummy 1981, pp. 38-39, fig. 41, no. 1611, also dated to c. 3rd-4th centuries AD. Many similar fragments have been recorded onto the PAS database; cf.:PUBLIC-0EEEA5.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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