LON-CBA353: Fragment of a Roman copper alloy armlet dating late 3rd - 4th century.

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BRACELET

Unique ID: LON-CBA353

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Fragment of a Roman copper alloy armlet dating late 3rd - 4th century. This is a small rectangular fragment of a Roman armlet. It has a slightly concave profile. It is decorated with two sets of parallel lines, with a series of dots running through the middle of each set of lines. One of the longest edges is significantly warn, which could indicate a break. This would suggest that the object was not an armlet, but rather a more cylindrical object.

There are no exact parallels for this style of bracelet, but Nina Crummy states that most copper alloy bracelets date to the late 3rd-4th century (Crummy, 1983, 36).

Dimensions: length: 17.36 mm; width: 11.79 mm; thickness: 1.65 mm; weight: 1.83g.

Reference: Reference: Crummy, Nina, 1983, Colchester Archaeological Report 2: The Roman small finds from excavations in Colchester 1971-9

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 250
Date to: Circa AD 400

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 17.36 mm
Width: 11.79 mm
Thickness: 1.65 mm
Weight: 1.83 g

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Wycombe (District)
Parish or ward: Hambleden (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU7886
Four figure Latitude: 51.56748866
Four figure longitude: -0.87603531
1:25K map: SU7886
1:10K map: SU78NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

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Recording Institution: LON
Created: 9 years ago
Updated: 9 years ago

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