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BRACELET
Unique ID: SF-4434C7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A copper-alloy Roman cable style bracelet fragment. It consists of three sub-rectangular cross-sectioned strands twisted around each other to form a spiral. The fragment has a curvilinear profile, probably due to its original use. Both the ends are incomplete and have signs of old breaks now worn.
Similar example is in Crummy (1983, p. 38-39, fig. 41, no. 1628). late 3rd-4th century AD in date.
Length: 43.45 mm
Diameter: 4.85 mm
Weight: 5.02 g
Class: cable (three strands)
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 270
Date to: Circa AD 400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 43.45 mm
Weight: 5.02 g
Diameter: 4.85 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 17th June 2016
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: EKE 061
Other reference: Finders reference SS14 380
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: Eyke
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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