Record ID: NARC-247F14 - ROMAN bracelet

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BRACELET

Unique ID: NARC-247F14

Object type certainty: Certain

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A body fragment from an early Roman broad, flat bracelet. The fragment is roughly rectangular, broken at both ends.. It is fairly flat in profile, with a rectangular cross-section. The upper surface is decorated longitudinally along the body featuring a central pair of double incised bands, bordered by plain raised bands. the edges are decorated by diagonal etched lines(cf. Stead and Rigby 1986, 126; ref. 166). The back is plain. At Baldock such broad bracelets were found in contexts beginning with Neronian. The object has a mid-green patina.

Notes:

Finders ref: DH 29

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: ROMAN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 150

Dimensions and weight

Length: 18 mm
Width: 16 mm
Thickness: 0.8 mm
Weight: 2.9 g
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Fragment [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: East Midlands
County: Northamptonshire
District: South Northamptonshire
Parish: Hinton In The Hedges

Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: SP5537
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: From finder
Grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth less than 0.25 m [scope notes]

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Recorded by: Ms Julie Cassidy - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Ms Julie Cassidy - [view all attributed records]

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