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From Culbin sands, Moray

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This bronze bracelet, of a type known as a spiral or 'snake' bracelet, was found at Culbin Sands in Moray. It is a distinctly Scottish form of Iron Age jewellery, clearly made for ostentatious display. It dates from the first two centuries AD.

The bracelet has been made so that the central coil is different than the other two. The central coil has 17 simple, lozenge-shaped panels, while the top and bottom are in low relief.

Eight bracelets of this type are known, all but one from Scotland, with most of these from the north-east. They were cast in straight rods, decorated in part with ribbing or grooves, with animal heads at the ends. The rods were then coiled into spirals.

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