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Description: | Cast cu-alloy finger ring, possibly dating from the Roman period. The ring is octagonal with eight faces, all of which are undecorated. The only decoration are a small number of grooves, two vertically applied on either side of one of the eight 'bends/corners', and 4-6 smaller ones, horizontally, in between the vertical ones. Martin Henig identified it from the image that was sent to him: "It is indeed type IX, probably 3rd century. 'A Corpus of Roman Engraved Gemstones from British Sites' BAR Brit er.8, 1974, 1978 and a 3rd edn just out (2007) p.9 fig.1 in 3rd edn is mainly concerned with gems and in rings insofar as they carry gem settings. This one looks plain but decorated but some bear inscriptions; examples in relevant fascicule of RIB II." | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Boughton, Dot - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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