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BRACELET
Unique ID: SWYOR-9F7EC1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a cast copper alloy late Roman strip bracelet dating from about AD 200 - 410. The flat strip has been bent. The complete end tapers to a point which hooks around towards the front. The other end is broken. At the broken end on the front face is a ring and dot motif. The rest of the front face is decorated with transverse grooves. The underside is flat and undecorated. The object has a dark green patina. Other Roman strip bracelets may be seen on the database at PAS record IDs: SOM-C1FFC0, SOM-C28184 and BH-4754E3.
Length: 42.7mm; Width: 5.6mm; Thickness: 5mm; Weight: 1.78g
Class: Strip
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 200
Date to: Circa AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 42.7 mm
Width: 5.6 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight: 1.78 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 2010 - Friday 31st December 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 1700
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Ludford (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF1989
Four figure Latitude: 53.384448
Four figure longitude: -0.212303
1:25K map: TF1989
1:10K map: TF18NE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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