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BRACELET
Unique ID: SF-71BB7F
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a copper-alloy Roman bracelet, dating to AD 200-400. It consists of a sub-rectangular strip of metal, which tapers and thickens towards one end. The front face of the fragment might have been decorated with a longitudinal median line of ring-and-dot motifs. the surfaces are heavily pitted and worn. The back face is undecorated. The fragment is slightly curved and bears several dents; both faces have traces of white metal coating
Cf Crummy (1981, p. 43, fig. 44, no. 1708).
Length: 43.96 mm
Width: 5.14 mm
Max thickness: 2.94 mm
Weight: 3.37 g
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: 43.96 mm
Width: 5.14 mm
Thickness: 2.94 mm
Weight: 3.37 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 20th September 2018
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: White metal coated
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Yaxley
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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