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Description: | A very worn cast copper-alloy finger-ring with integral key dating to the Roman period. The hoop has been broken and bent up towards the bezel on both sides; it is very delicate, only 0.7mm wide and 0.8mm thick. The shoulders are thicker (2.35mm) and appear to be undecorated. As with such artefacts the bit protrudes at right angles to the bezel such that the key element lay flat on the finger. The bit consists of a perforated rectangle (11.7 x 7.8mm), attached to the bezel through a smaller rectangular element (W:. 5.4mm). The former features a rectangular perforation, with rectangular protrusion, in its lower half and an open end caused by a second removal. This artefact is similar to another which can be found on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database, ref.: NLM5850 | Subjects: | Ring | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Webley, Robert - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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