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Unique ID: SOM-76382C
Object type certainty: Certain
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A fragment of a Roman copper alloy bracelet, probably dating to AD 200-410. The fragment is 25.1mm long, and is sub-oval in cross section, with the outer end being slightly less covex, tapering from 5.5mm wide by 3.7mm thick at one end to 4.4mm wide by 2.8mm thick at the other, suggesting that the bracelet was perhaps originally penannular. The bracelet is decorated in a style potentially imitative of beaded decoration, with a single surviving transverse oval facet flanked by a pair of transverse collars which are each defined by V-shaped grooves cut from either edge. To either side of this and running parallel to the length of the fragment is a near-central groove which contains a raised wavy line, this is truncated at both ends by the breaks.
Dimensions: length 25.1mm; width 5.5mm; thickness 3.7mm; weight 2.70g.
The fragment can be compared to other bracelets with bead-imitative decoration published by Crummy (1983: 44-45, nos. 1715, 1717, 1719 and 1721). The latter three were all found in late Roman graves or their fills, and a third to fourth century date range seems probable. WILT-779FC8, on this database, is near identical.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 200
Date to: Circa AD 410
Quantity: 1
Length: 25.1 mm
Width: 5.5 mm
Thickness: 3.7 mm
Weight: 2.7 g
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 2nd May 2017 - Tuesday 2nd May 2017
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Other reference: SCC receipt: 017360
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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