Came across this today while cleaning out the summer house getting ready for when winter sets in. Turns out my Grandfather dug it up 15-20 years ago in the Scottish borders (where i also dug up a clay pipe with hands engraved on the side when i was a child which i lost a few years ago).

Another family member has already used the internet to try and identify what kind of timezone this object could be placed in and what kind of person it may have belonged to but was unsuccesfull. This is where ATS comes in as i know there will be somebody that may be able to shed a little light on the origin of the object.

Its obviously a wrist garment of some kind and my guess is its probably from the Border Reivers or maby Roman but i think thats pushing it a bit. But i'm posting this here to get some kind of conclusive anwser. Anything would be helpfull.

The object has a bit of weight about it and is not magnetic (bronze?). I have no idea how to identify metals so hopefully one of you guys has a good eye for that kind of thing.

Heres the pics-





P.S I know this is not an object from a Ancient and Lost Civilization but i thought this the most appropriate area to post in. Mods, if you disagree, feel free to move

Thanks in advance

Peace

EDIT: Pics are a bit big and i dont know how to resize but theres enough there to understand the shape and design ect of the object.

I'm no archaelogist but I'll advise Google's image search.
the one which uses photoes to identify objects.
It exists if I'm not mistaken.

You may want to re-post your images so they are max 600 pixels wide(make sure aspect ratio is locked) so they are not cut off on the right hand side of the thread.

Umm it is a bracelet. Not that it isn't cool however it is adornment looks hand tooled with the bolsters in the reverse of cuff, nice find in the process of cleaning though

nip down to the local museum i'm sure there will be a specialist available to take a look

I'm no expert (or even an amateur to be honest) but some aspects of it make me think gothic or even celt inspired work. Either way it is an intriguing piece!

I don't think the Romans got as far as Scotland did they?

I would say take some more pics of it much further from the camera so it will focus on it. Minimum focusinging will be 50cm or so, depending on the lense. Use better light and a much smaller aprture setting (higher f number) to increase the focus. Re-post.

Originally posted by Shamatt
I don't think the Romans got as far as Scotland did they?

tell me you're kidding, Hadrians wall ring a bell? ding ding

They were called armilla/e both Greeks and Romans had them as an article of rank I think.

Looks much too modern to be of roman origin, it has no patina at all. It looks as though you can see reverse marks of the design on the back of the band, which makes me wonder if it was stamped as opposed to etched or cast. My guess is costume jewelry.

I agree that it looks relatively modern... perhaps you could put some photos of it on Flickr and link to that? Place a penny or some familiar object next to it so we get some sense of scale. I'd like to see the design on the front and any other details.

That said, it looks like a modern type of bracelet called a "cuff." The guess of "German silver" is really reasonable from what can be told about the color.

Interesting piece, though!

OH... and where on the Scottish borders did you find it? I'm thinking it might even be a Renfaire type article. It's not Roman, I can tell you that much.

Hi,

The additional info you posted there - that it was found wrapped in an animal pelt that was pretty much rotted away - that suggests that it may be pretty old - I don't mean Roman, probably not that old - but probably not C20th. Didn't realise that you were in France - perhaps you could contact a museum in Dumfriesshire by email and mail a pic to them? They may be interested if you tell them about how it was found.

peace
J

Originally posted by iksose7. The only prblem is i live in France now, dont speak French and am nowhere near a museum oh well, maybe oneday.

you just need to goto the museum and say what you want louder and louder until they understand