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Description: | A cast copper alloy suspension ring or bead. The object is oval in plan, and is oval in section. The internal hole is a drop shape, with the pointed area being due to wear. The surface has a well developed, incomplete, heavy brown patina. It measures 17.63mm long, 16.33mm wide and 5.32mm thick. It weighs 4.7g.
The wear on the internal edge suggest the object may be suspended from something, or was used to suspend another object. The patina suggests the object is of age, possibly of an Iron Age or Roman date. Similar rings were used at this time, for example as sword belt fittings (Charpy, J.J. 1995 ??The Late Halstatt Burial at Saint-Lumier-La-Populeuse (Marne) and the Problem of Jogassian Daggers?? in Cunliffe, B. (ed.) Sites and Sights of the Iron Age: Essays on Fieldwork and Museum Research Presented to Ian Mathieson Stead Oxbow Monograph 56 Figure 6). | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Bolton, Angie - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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