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BRACELET
Unique ID: YORYM-79D919
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper-alloy bracelet or armlet of probable Roman date, c.AD 200 - 400. The fragment is sub-rectangular, tapering from a complete terminal to a worn break, with a slightly curved profile. A perforation is present at the terminal end, below which are two triangular cut-outs. The fragment is decorated with a series of irregularly spaced transverse grooves and the reverse is undecorated.
The metal has a mid-green patina and is worn. The fragment is 38.1mm long, 5.1mm wide, 1.4mm thick and weighs 1.8g.
Similar examples of bracelets from 3rd - 4th century contexts from Colchester have been published in Crummy (1983), p.42, fig. 44.
Ref: Crummy, N. (1983) Colchester Archaeological Report 2: The Roman Small Finds from Excavations in Colchester 1971-9. Colchester: Colchester Archaeological Trust.
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: Circa AD 400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 38.1 mm
Width: 5.1 mm
Thickness: 1.4 mm
Weight: 1.8 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: YMT : E05674
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Ryedale (District)
To be known as: North Yorkshire
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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