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BRACELET

Unique ID: SWYOR-D8D234

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A Roman copper alloy bracelet, probably dating from the 3rd or 4th century. The bracelet is of cable type and is fragmentary and is without the terminals. It is 45.4mm long, 37.3mm wide and 3.1mm thick. The bracelet is circular in section. The cable comprises of three intertwined strands of oval section. At one end of the surviving fragment, the cable strands are wrapped around a central core which projects from the centre, but there is no evidence of the core at the other end. The surface of the bracelet has a dark brown or black patina with areas of dark green. The bracelet can be paralleled with examples excavated at Colchester (Crummy 1983, p 38, nos. 1610-1613) and elsewhere. The Colchester examples were recovered from 4th and early 5th century grave deposits. Other similar examples on the database are NMGW-9C95A6, SF-D55964 and ESS-2598C7.

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 500

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 45.4 mm
Width: 37.3 mm
Thickness: 3.1 mm
Weight: 4.83 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 18th February 2008 - Monday 18th February 2008

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Leeds (Metropolitan District)
District: Leeds (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Micklefield (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SE4434
Four figure Latitude: 53.80044907
Four figure longitude: -1.33343951
1:25K map: SE4434
1:10K map: SE43SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Crummy, N.	1983	Colchester Archaeological Report 2: The Roman small finds from excavations in Colchester, 1971-9	Colchester	Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd

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Recording Institution: SWYOR
Created: 15 years ago
Updated: 3 years ago

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