CAMHER-86CC72: Two Roman bracelet fragments

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BRACELET

Unique ID: CAMHER-86CC72

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Two joining fragments from a wide copper-alloy bracelet, 16 mm wide; the fragments are c. 29 mm and c. 27 mm long and weigh 2.52g and 2.16g respectively. No terminal of this bracelet survives. The fragments are decorated with two broad longitudinal grooves down the centre, and running down the middle of each groove are some obliquely set oval pellets giving the impression of cabling. Quite corroded. Roman, 1st-2nd centuries AD. Similar examples are known from Colchester (Crummy 1983, 37, no. 1566, fig. 38) , Verulamium (Waugh & Goodburn 1972, 31, fig. 31).

Class: Wide (early)

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: AD 250
Date to: AD 400

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 2
Length: 29 mm
Width: 16 mm
Weight: 4.68 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 5th March 2009

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: South Cambridgeshire (District)
Parish or ward: Weston Colville (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TL6351
Four figure Latitude: 52.133262
Four figure longitude: 0.380104
1:25K map: TL6351
1:10K map: TL65SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Discovery circumstances: Whilst metal detecting

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Created: 14 years ago
Updated: 10 years ago

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