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Description: | Roman finger ring, copper-alloy with remains of gilding and polychrome glass inset bezel which is probably an intaglio. Large heavy ring with a narrow band, of oval cross-section, at the back which then broadens at the front to house an oval bezel inset. The bezel is of stone or glass which is opaque white around the edge, with an opaque red ring concentric to the edge and finally a dark transluscent red glass central oval. The central oval has crazed and deteriorated so it is no longer possible to tell whether it had a design carved into it. The ring has the remains of unusually thick gilding present across the inside surface (where it would have been next to the skin) but none remains on the outer surface. The bronze has a build up of a rust-coloured corrosion product affecting various areas of its surface, possibly indicating a high iron content to the alloy. There are also some spots of verdigris. Very little of the original surface of the metal remains.
Width (across span of ring) 27.6mm, depth (bezel to back of ring) 24.9mm, width (at bezel) 11.0mm, thickness (including bezel inset) 5.2mm, thickness (at back of ring) 3.5mm, weight 9.78g | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Rohde, Anja | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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