A terminal fragment from a late Roman copper-alloy bracelet. Despite the break the fragment retains something of its original curvature. In cross-section the artefact is rectangular. It tapers from a width of 5.9mm at the break to 3.1mm before the terminal hook. The hook is forward facing and arguably truncated; the bracelet would have been fastened through an eye at the other end. The upper surface is decorated simply with scored, broadly transverse incisions. These grooves stop at a ridge before the hook at the terminal end, and at a plain section that begins just before the break. The object now has a dark-green patina with only slight corrosion. The ridged effect given by the grooves can be seen on a bracelet illustrated in Crummy (1983, 40, 42; ref. 1676).<\/p>","notes":null,"old_findID":"HAMP-460AE3","id":"385055","objecttype":"BRACELET","classification":null,"subclass":null,"reuse":null,"created":"2010-04-13 13:16:46","broadperiod":"ROMAN","updated":"2010-04-13 13:31:00","treasureID":null,"secwfstage":"4","secuid":"PAS4BC460AE0015CB","findofnote":null,"objecttypecert":null,"datefound1":null,"datefound2":"2009-09-10","createdBy":"195","curr_loc":null,"inscription":null,"reason":null,"subsequentAction":"Returned to finder"}],"record":[{"id":"385055","old_findID":"HAMP-460AE3","uniqueID":"PAS4BC460AE0015CB","objecttype":"BRACELET","classification":null,"subclass":null,"length":"39.5","height":"17.7","width":"5.9","thickness":"1.8","diameter":null,"quantity":"1","other_ref":"E2717; 6","treasureID":null,"broadperiod":"ROMAN","numdate1":"300","numdate2":"410","description":"
A terminal fragment from a late Roman copper-alloy bracelet. Despite the break the fragment retains something of its original curvature. In cross-section the artefact is rectangular. It tapers from a width of 5.9mm at the break to 3.1mm before the terminal hook. The hook is forward facing and arguably truncated; the bracelet would have been fastened through an eye at the other end. The upper surface is decorated simply with scored, broadly transverse incisions. These grooves stop at a ridge before the hook at the terminal end, and at a plain section that begins just before the break. The object now has a dark-green patina with only slight corrosion. The ridged effect given by the grooves can be seen on a bracelet illustrated in Crummy (1983, 40, 42; ref. 1676).<\/p>","notes":null,"reuse":null,"created":"2010-04-13 13:16:46","updated":"2010-04-13 13:31:00","secwfstage":"4","findofnote":null,"objecttypecert":null,"datefound1":null,"datefound2":"2009-09-10","inscription":null,"disccircum":null,"museumAccession":null,"subsequentAction":"1","objectCertainty":null,"dateFromCertainty":"1","dateToCertainty":"1","dateFoundFromCertainty":null,"dateFoundToCertainty":null,"subPeriodFrom":null,"subPeriodTo":null,"reason":null,"username":"rwebley","fullname":"Robert Webley","institution":"HAMP","usernameUpdate":"rwebley","fullnameUpdate":"Robert Webley","primaryMaterial":"Copper alloy","secondaryMaterial":null,"decoration":null,"style":"Linear","manufacture":"Cast","surfaceTreatment":null,"completeness":"Fragment","preservation":"Good","cert":null,"periodFrom":"ROMAN","periodTo":null,"culture":null,"discmethod":"Metal detector","finder":null,"identifier":"Mr Robert Webley","secondaryIdentifier":null,"recorder":"Mr Robert Webley","county":"HAMPSHIRE","parish":"CLIDDESDEN","district":"BASINGSTOKE AND DEANE","easting":null,"northing":null,"gridref":null,"fourFigure":"SU6348","map25k":"SU4614","map10k":"SU64NW","address":null,"postcode":null,"findspotdescription":null,"lat":null,"lon":null,"knownas":null,"source":"GPS","obverse_description":null,"obverse_inscription":null,"reverse_description":null,"reverse_inscription":null,"denomination":null,"degree_of_wear":null,"allen_type":null,"va_type":null,"mack":null,"reeceID":null,"die":null,"wearID":null,"moneyer":null,"revtypeID":null,"categoryID":null,"typeID":null,"tribeID":null,"status":null,"rulerQualifier":null,"denominationQualifier":null,"mintQualifier":null,"dieAxisCertainty":null,"initialMark":null,"reverseMintMark":null,"statusQualifier":null,"tribe":null,"region":null,"area":null,"ruler1":null,"ruler2":null,"period_name":null,"date_range":null,"mint_name":null,"wear":null,"die_axis_name":null,"category":null,"type":null,"emperorID":null,"mintid":null,"reverseType":null,"i":"276229","f":"HAMP-460AE3bracelet.jpg","imagedir":"images\/rwebley\/"}]}