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Description: | Cast copper alloy finger ring. The ring is a slightly flattened plain oval hoop, which widens at the top to allow the setting of an oval intaglio. The base of the hoop is 3mm in width, and the bezel is 9mm in width. The intaglio is a red carnelian, and was perhaps originally engraved. The entire face is chipped, and the pattern of chipping would seem to suggest that it has been carried out purposely, either to remove the depiction of a god or goddess as commonly found on rings such as this, or to remove the intaglio from its setting. The pattern of wear does not look like the result of natural processes. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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