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BRACELET
Unique ID: BH-447F30
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a cast copper-alloy bracelet or armlet of late Roman date, c. AD 250-410. The fragment comprises a small portion of the body of the bracelet which is rectangular in plan and slightly convex in section. The upper face of the bracelet is ornately decorated with raised panels a ring and dot motif, two vertical parallel ribs, three ring and dot motifs each and a vertical groove. The underside is plain. It survives to a length of 18mm, 8mm wide by 2mm thick.
This bracelet finds parallels with Crummy's multiple motif bracelets or armlets (see Crummy 1983: nos. 1724-1732) in addition to an example recorded on the PAS database (see record SF-F1CF88).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 250
Date to: Circa AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 18 mm
Width: 8 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 19th August 2017
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: Stamped
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: East Northamptonshire (District)
Parish or ward: Brigstock (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP9483
Four figure Latitude: 52.43690027
Four figure longitude: -0.61867825
1:25K map: SP9483
1:10K map: SP98SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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