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BRACELET
Unique ID: NMS-1C9540
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Four fragments of Roman copper alloy bracelets, 3rd - 4th century:
- tapering from one break to the other, flat-sectioned,oblique notches along both damaged edges, row of (5 extant) punched ring-and-dots between two converging pairs of grooves. Extant length 25.5mm, width c.8 - c.6.5mm.
- one end broken, D-sectioned, other end rounded expanded slightly beyond two transverse grooves and pierced an off-central eye, rest decorated with oblique grooves forming a cable pattern, bent into a circle, external diameter c.14mm, perhaps an impromptu finger ring. Width 3.8 - 5mm.
- both ends broken, round-sectioned, diameter 3.1mm, formed from a three-strand cable, bent into a rough circle, external diameter c.17-20mm, perhaps an impromptu finger ring.
- both ends broken, flat-sectioned,parallel-sided, two rows of conjoined annulets within a groove, width 5.5mm.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 300
Date to: Circa AD 409
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 4
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 2021 - Wednesday 16th June 2021
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 25765
Other reference: SB062021
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: Multiple
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Congham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF7123
Four figure Latitude: 52.77750198
Four figure longitude: 0.53373441
1:25K map: TF7123
1:10K map: TF72SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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