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Unique ID: HAMP-93A632
Object type certainty: Certain
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A fragment from a cast copper-alloy knobbed bracelet (bangle or armlet) probably dating from the late Hallstatt period to the late Iron Age (c. 800 BC - 43 AD). The bracelet consists of a curved rod formed of four globular 'beads' or knops (c. 6.3mm thick) with rounded ridged collars (c. 4.65mm thick). Two of the collars have two ridges, the last extant collar has three. One ridge from a collar survives at either end before the old breaks. The rod is sub-circular in cross section. The reverse is plain and flat at its centre; it bevels towards the sides. The bracelet appears to have a high tin content, there are mid-green patches of corrosion product and pitting on the beads and lower surface.
A parallel can be found illustrated in Cunliffe (1998, 61; ref. 53); cf. also SUSS-26A497 on this database
This is a find of note and has been designated: County / local importance
Class: knobbed
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 800 BC
Date to: Circa AD 43
Quantity: 1
Length: 33.6 mm
Width: 10.4 mm
Thickness: 6.65 mm
Weight: 6.11 g
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 2002 - Tuesday 31st December 2002
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Other reference: E3180
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Cunliffe, B.W. | 1988 | Mount Batten Plymouth; A Prehistoric and Roman Port | Oxford | Oxford University Committee for Archaeology Monograph | 61 | 53 |