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Description: | A cast copper alloy ring. The ring has been cast as one piece and has an asymmetrical section. One side of the ring is swollen with a circular section. It then tapers in both directions down to two pointed terminals. The terminals meet but are not joined. The metal is a mid greyish-green colour and is pitted, little wear can be seen. This object is very difficult to date. It could be dated anywhere from the Bronze Age to the post-medieval period and has few datable features. However, the recorder (Liz Andrews-Wilson) saw a very similar object on display in the Nuremberg Museum (Germany). The object formed part of the Bronze Age to Iron Age collection and they had been interpreted as a hair ring, used by women to decorate their hair. An identical ring was found in Bletchingley (Surrey). PAS database number: SUSS-86A2F1. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | ANDREWS, Dominic - Illustrator | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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