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BRACELET
Unique ID: SF-528BC5
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a copper alloy early Roman bracelet/armlet. Only a small section of the original 9.90mm wide strip of metal survives. Its outer face is decorated with two longitudinal raised beaded lines, each flanked on either side by a fine parallel groove and a shallow longitudinal groove is positioned behind each outer edge. There is a line of small incised dots along one edge of the outer face, but these may be the result of surface corrosion. The breaks are both fresh and relatively straight suggesting that the fragment may have been deliberately cut. There are faint traces of a white metal coating in places on the surface.
A very similar, but much more complete bracelet/armlet was found during excavations at Colchester (Crummy 1983, 37, no.1586). According to Crummy (ibid.) this style dates to the 1st or 2nd centuries AD with the more common narrower form appearing from the 3rd century AD onwards.
Length: 17.81mm, width: 9.90mm, thickness: 1.22mm, weight: 0.99g
Notes:
This find is from a larger research project please contact Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service for more information.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 17.81 mm
Width: 9.9 mm
Thickness: 1.22 mm
Weight: 0.99 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 16th June 2017
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: RLM 036
Other reference: NH16-184
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: Near Woodbridge
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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