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Description: | A cast copper alloy finger ring with snake-headed terminal, of Roman date. The ring has been cast as one long strip, which could then be wrapped round into a hoop, although the ring is now wrapped around on itself rather than in a spiral. The ring is 4.03mm wide, 1.54mm thick and about 80mm long overall. It weighs 3.47g. The decoration consists of two nicked wedges at the visible (tail) end, followed by an engraved longitudinal V-shape, then eight dots, then three transverse lines. There is then an undecorated section, followed by two tranverse lines, then a longitudinal line. The rest of the decoration cannot be clearly seen because the ring has been wrapped around on itself. However, the 'head' end has been flattened and tapers to a rounded point. On its underside there is an engraved shape which resembles a human eye. This is set with the long axis at right angles to the hoop. | Subjects: | Snake | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Payne, Naomi - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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