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BRACELET
Unique ID: SOM-517AF1
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A complete copper-alloy annular bracelet/arm-ring probably of Bronze Age date. The bracelet, which has an internal diameter of 64.5mm, an external diameter of 81.8mm and a width of 16.6mm has a sub-triangular section with a flat inner side and rounded apex running around the centre of the outer side. The surfaces are heavily pitted and there is a crack at one point. The remaining original surface does not show any incised decoration however too much of the surface has been lost to definitively state whether it was decorated or not.
Similar plain and incised (Liss-type) bracelets in copper alloy are known from the Taunton phase (1,400 -1,200 BC) of the Bronze Age onwards, mainly from Southern Britain. They are comparatively rarer than tools and weapons. Similar examples were found in the Ebbesbourne Wake hoard (Moore and Rowlands 1972:63-5, Plate XV) and a hoard from Norton Fitzwarren (Needham in Ellis 1989:31-31, 36).
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: County / local importance
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 1400 BC
Date to: Circa 800 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Width: 16.6 mm
Weight: 122.3 g
Diameter: 81.8 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 18th April 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC020691
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ellis, P. | 1989 | Norton Fitzwarren Hillfort: a Report on the Excavation by Nancy and Philip Langmaid between 1968 and 1971 | Stroud | Alan Sutton Publishing Ltd | 31-31, 36 | ||
| Moore, C.N. and Rowlands, M. | 1972 | Bronze Age Metalwork in Salisbury Museum | Salisbury | Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum | 63-5, Plate XV |
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