Rights Holder: Somerset County Council
CC License: 
Image use policy
Our images can be used under a CC BY attribution licence (unless stated otherwise).
BRACELET
Unique ID: SOMDOR788
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
2 refitting fragments of a middle bronze age ribbed bracelet. Five ribs, more or less evenly spaced. The outer two ribs form an everted flange around either edge. The central rib has an angular crest and is higher than the two flanking it. These two also have angular crests and are decorated with transverse incised notches. The back/inside of the bracelet is fairly flat but there are traces of the ribs.
Class: Ribbed
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 1500 BC
Date to: Circa 700 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 2
Length: 101.76 mm
Width: 29.55 mm
Thickness: 6.3 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 19th February 2000
Personal details
This information is restricted for your access level.
Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAL 1213
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: West Dorset (District)
To be known as: DORSET PUDDLETOWN
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Needham, S.P. | 1989 | The Bronze Hoard |
Similar objects
Find number: WILT-038191
Object type: HOARD
Broadperiod: BRONZE AGE
In 2012 a Middle Bronze Age hoard was discovered while metal detecting on cultivated land. The find consists of 41 copper alloy objects split…
Workflow: Published
Find number: WILT-E8DA70
Object type: HOARD
Broadperiod: BRONZE AGE
A hoard of c.114 Bronze Age objects spanning the Early Bronze Age to the Earliest Iron Age and probably deposited c.800-600 BC.
Abbreviati…
Workflow: Published
Find number: NMGW-39F32D
Object type: HOARD
Broadperiod: BRONZE AGE
Middle Bronze Age hoard.
1. Decorated gold strip fragment
Dimensions: Maximum surviving length (bent) 38.9mm; maximum width 7.0mm; thic…
Workflow: Published
Timeline of associated dates
About Us
About our Site
Find us
The British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG.
T: +44(0) 20 73238618