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BRACELET

Unique ID: BH-96BC16

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

An incomplete cast copper-alloy bracelet of Allason-Jones 1984, Type 9, dating to the Roman period probably from the second to third centuries (c. AD 100-300). The bracelet, which is bent into a rough crescent shape, comprises a single bar with rounded terminals that is broadly rectangular in profile and oval in cross-section. The bar is uneven in thickness, wide1ning slightly at one end. There is no decoration but the entire object has a patchy mid-green patina. The bracelet is 49mm in length. The bar is 3.5mm at its thinnest, 4mm at its widest and 2.5-3mm thick. The bracelet weighs 5.80 grams. For similar objects from Wintringham, North Yorkshire recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database, see YORYM-7A8A21.

Class: Allason-Jones 1984, Type 9

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 100
Date to: Circa AD 300

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 49 mm
Width: 4 mm
Thickness: 3.5 mm
Weight: 5.8 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 20th January 2017 - Friday 20th January 2017

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Hertfordshire (County)
District: North Hertfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Wallington (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TL2934
Four figure Latitude: 51.98948027
Four figure longitude: -0.12274292
1:25K map: TL2934
1:10K map: TL23SE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Allason-Jones, L. and Miket, R.	1984	Catalogue of Small Finds from South Shields Roman Fort	Gloucester	Society of Antiquaries of London	126, 128

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Created: 5 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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