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Description: | A cast copper alloy unidentified object which is a circular disc measuring 18mm in diameter and 6.5mm thick. It is probably a mount or strap fitting, but may be the bezel from a Roman finger ring. One face is concave and is decorated with red and blue enamel. The different colours are not in different cells, but the red is in the in centre and the blue round the edge. There is some mixing of the two colours. The reverse is convex and is undecorated except for a projecting central knop which is dome shaped. The knop is worn, but appears to be complete. However, it is difficult to suggest a function for this object, so it is perhaps more likely that the knop is in fact the worn stub of an attachment loop or shaft. There is some damage to the rim of the concave face. The bare metal has a smooth but delicate light green patina. Similar mounts on the database are WILT-046D37 and SWYOR-F97952. Another parallel is SUR-6E8852 which suggests that this could too be a finger ring bezel. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Cooper, Amy - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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