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Description: | Fragment of a copper alloy bracelet or armlet of strip (multiple motif) type and dating to the mid-3rd-4th century AD. One of the terminals would have been an eye loop, although it is now broken. There is a raised square platform next to the terminal and two transverse ribs. An incised line runs along the centre of the bracelet. At the end opposite to the loop terminal are another set of two transverse ribs and a small circular decoration.Similar designs are illustrated in Crummy (1983, 42, no.1689) with further examples on the database SUR-7062A3 and BERK-F8AB11 and BERK-99F101.The object is 4.19 grams, 38.55mm in length, 5.52mm width, 2.21mm thicknessReference: Crummy, N. 1995. 'Colchester Archaeological Report: The Roman small finds from excavations in Colchester 1971-9'. Witley Press. Norfolk
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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