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BRACELET

Unique ID: PUBLIC-3B5E8F

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

A fragment representing approximately 50% of a narrow copper-alloy Roman bracelet. It has an alternating design along its exterior surface of a single bold ring-and-dot motif and groups of four transverse grooves. Both ends are broken, but one has the remains of a loop terminal. The fragment measures 79.5mm in length and 5.6mm in width. It is 2.7mm thick at its break point, 0.8mm at its terminal end, and weighs 7.3g.

A similarly decorated bracelet was found unstratified in Colchester (Crummy 1983, no. 1728). These bracelets date to the 3rd or 4th century.

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: Exactly AD 400

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 79.5 mm
Width: 5.6 mm
Thickness: 2.7 mm
Weight: 7.3 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 6th April 2015

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: South Cambridgeshire (District)
Parish or ward: Weston Colville (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TL6153
Four figure Latitude: 52.15181331
Four figure longitude: 0.3518565
1:25K map: TL6153
1:10K map: TL65SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Chance find during metal detecting
Discovery circumstances: Searching cultivated land.
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Mills, N. and Payne, G.	2000	Celtic and Roman Artefacts	Witham	Greenlight Publishing	Page 108

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Recording Institution: PUBLIC
Created: 6 years ago
Updated: 6 years ago

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