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Description: | A late 15th to early 16th century finger-ring fragment, now flattened. It bears an inscription within a thin border. The inscription is punctuated with two five-petalled flowers and reads:
R IASPAR
which forms one of the names of the Three Magi. The other two, which would have completed the inscription, are Melchior and Balthasar. The names of the Magi were used as a popular amuletic charm in the Middle Ages.
Dimensions: length 27.5 mm, width 6.6 mm, thickness 1mm. The weight is 1.13g. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Watters, Julian - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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