Date Acquired
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2004 |
Location Discovered |
Balkans |
Material
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Bronze/Copper Alloy |
Dimensions |
12cm long x 0.7cm wide (thick)
14cm long x 0.3cm wide (thin) |
Roman Empire |
1st- 4th Century AD |
Description |
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Bronze
chain fragment, with end loop still intact. Very intricately
constructed with interlocking bronze wire pieces. The end design
forms a square shaped chain. Perhaps used to suspend a lamp or
merchants scale. The thickness does however seem unusually strong
for such small items so it is unknown if it perhaps had another purpose.
The bronze
is in good condition however one end has seized together, but with proper
conservation it would most likely become functioning again.
**any help
in finding sources for this item would be appreciated, as I have none**
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