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BRACELET
Unique ID: LEIC-6E20C1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Roman ? lead alloy bracelet. The object is not of very high quality, rather roughly shaped and not quite symmetrical. It is wider in the middle (18mm) with simple linear decoration on the outer face, and tapers to two thin ends (7mm wide) pointing outwards. There are waists on either side where the bracelet narrows.
The object is 59mm long, 46mm wide, between 7 and 18mm thick, and weighs 50.86g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 1
Date to: Circa AD 400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 59 mm
Width: 46 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight: 50.86 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st October 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Melton (District)
Parish or ward: Clawson, Hose and Harby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK7328
Four figure Latitude: 52.844569
Four figure longitude: -0.917586
1:25K map: SK7328
1:10K map: SK72NW
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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