AMULET

Unique ID: BM-BDCE01

Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow status: Published

Notes:

‘Unrolling’ of the fragment by British Museum metals conservation staff revealed that it comprised part of a rectangular sheet, of uncertain original dimensions, preserving one long original edge and one short edge. The presence of lettering was confirmed, and subsequent examination by Dr Roger Tomlin (Wolfson College, Oxford) demonstrated that the fragment preserves the beginning (or ending) five or so characters of about twelve lines of a currently indecipherable, probably Latin, text.

The object may have been an inscribed amulet.

Dimensions: as found c. 18 x 20 mm.; ‘unrolled’ 59.3 x 23.3 mm.  

Surface metal analysis conducted at the British Museum indicated that the gold content is approximately 92%.

 

Ralph Jackson

Dept. of Prehistory and Europe

British Museum

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder after being disclaimed as Treasure

Treasure details

Treasure case tracking number: 2004T66

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 410

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 59.3 mm
Width: 23.3 mm
Weight: 1.31 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st December 2003

Personal details

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Other reference numbers

Treasure case number: 2004T66

Materials and construction

Primary material: Gold
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: Incised or engraved or chased