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BRACELET
Unique ID: NARC-94F1B7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy snake-type bracelet of Roman date. The terminal is curved and separated from the body of the braceet by a groove 10.5mm from the tip, demarking the 'head'. The head is decorated with etched lines in the shape of a 'W'. The head is 7mm wide at the widest part. The frame of the bracelet tapers down to 3.5mm at the break. The frame is D-shaped in section. After the groove demarking the head are two rows of 8 V-shaped stamped marks, indicating scales.
Class: snake
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 100
Date to: Circa AD 200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 89 mm
Width: 7 mm
Weight: 6.1 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: East Northamptonshire (District)
Parish or ward: Titchmarsh (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL0079
Four figure Latitude: 52.399888
Four figure longitude: -0.531643
1:25K map: TL0079
1:10K map: TL07NW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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