Armlet Fragment

Jewelry

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Trimontium Museum

Name/Title

Armlet Fragment

Entry/Object ID

L.2021.244

Description

Fragment of armlet, possibly cannal coal, Eildon Hill. Cannel coal is a soft coal that can be carved and polished. It is not local and must have been imported.

Style

Celtic

Use

Used as jewellery, and a symbol of status and wealth due to the fact the armlet was imported.

Collection

Live Borders

Category

Armlet
Jewellery

Acquisition

Accession

ETLMS:20.0010

Source (if not Accessioned)

Live Borders

Made/Created

Time Period

1st - 2nd century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Armlet

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Jewelry

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Body Adornments

Nomenclature Class

Adornment

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Getty AAT

Concept

armlets

Other Names

Name Type

Previous Accesssion Number

Other Name

TT0217

Dimensions

Height

28 mm

Width

6 mm

Length

10 mm

Material

Cannel coal

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Exhibition

Permanent Exhibition