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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy finger ring of probable 3rd century AD date. The surviving portion comprises the bezel, the 'keeled' or angular shoulders and a short length of the hoop. The former diameter was approximately 26.5mm and the ring weighs 8.9g. The bezel is lozenge-shaped with a central raised roundel, 12mm in diameter, probably intended to imitate an intaglio. This is worn and no detail can be discerned. There is incised decoration on the lozenge in the form of an incised border with a curved line on the interior of each corner. The ring's shoulders are flat and triangular with two moulded recessed linears on each side. At the point where the shoulders meet the rest of the hoop, there is a change in angle and the rectangular-sectioned hoop narrows. A similar finger ring from Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire has been recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database (BUC-58A2B4). This example has a setting for an intaglio or gemstone, although it is missing. | Subjects: | Henig Type VIII | 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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