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Description: | Medieval silver 'stirrup-shaped' finger-ring, now rather squashed. It has an incised inscription around the outside of the hoop which reads +ALLORVINCX
Stirrup-shaped finger-rings are so called because of the shape of the bezel, which reaches up to a point. This one is crowned with a rounded knop 2.5-3mm in diameter which stands 2.5mm high. It has traces of a horizontal line and possibly was roiginally decorated with a lightly incised cross.
The hoop is flat in section and has an internal diameter of 23mm, where the ring is not squashed. An estimated outer diameter is 25.2mm as the hoop is 1.2mm thick.
The stirrup and knop stand 7.3mm high from the inside of the hoop There is a slight ridge at the shoulders where the bezel becomes thinner.
Measures 31.6x16.3 in its squashed state, and weighs 2.83g.
Egan (1991) says these rings date from the mid-12th century for about 300 years. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Hinds, Katie - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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