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Description: | A body fragment from an early Roman copper-alloy wide-cuff bracelet. The fragment is broadly rectangular, broken at both ends. It has a very shallow curve in profile, exaggerated at one end presumably due to post-depositional damage. In cross-section it is thin and rectangular. The upper surface is decorated longitudinally by an incised border at both edges, within which a grooved channel. Within these is what appears to be a complementary grooved channel within the centre of which sits a ridge decorated with diagonally incised nicks. The effect is of ropework either side of a central ridge; the ridge is no higher than the rest of the upper surface, merely 'created' by the channels.At Baldock such broad bracelets were found in contexts beginning with Neronian, and are generally thought to be 'early' (Stead and Rigby 1986, 125). The object has variable mid-green patina.The fragment measures 28.3mm by 17.0mm by 1.3mm. It weighs 3.66g.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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