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<DIV>Dear Maroles,</DIV>
<DIV> We have several examples from a mummy grave excavated on the outskirts of Aquincum. There are smaller examples from graves of the Western cemetery of the Military in Aquincum. I think this must be quite a common bracelet type for the late roman period at least.</DIV>
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<DIV>Cheers,</DIV>
<DIV>Alice<BR><BR>>>> Marloes <marloesrijkelijkhuizen@hotmail.com> 1/16/2014 11:32 AM >>><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">During excavations of a Roman villa in the Netherlands a pit has been excavated which contains metal weaponry from the late iron age. In this pit a fragment of an ivory ring or bracelet (?) has been found. It has an estimated diameter of 8 cm, the thickness is 5,8 x 6,7 mm.</SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Does anyone know of any parallels or references or anything else? Early medieval examples are welcome too. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></P><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Best wishes,<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Marloes<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>