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Description: | A cast copper alloy finger ring of probable Roman date. The ring is complete, although distorted, and in its present state it measures 24.1mm by 19.1mm by 2.3mm and weighs 2g. The flat oval bezel measures 10.8mm by 8.9mm. It is set obliquely to the shoulders and is decorated with a crude incised geometric design consisting of an other border containing several wedge shapes. The ring's shoulders are decorated on each side with three moulded transverse ridges of which the central ridge is larger than the surrounding pair. The hoop has a D-shaped profile, with the curving side facing outwards. This ring is similar to examples found at Dorchester, Dorset (SOMDOR1570), Corfe Castle, Dorset (SUSS-155FB3) and Bishops Hull, Somerset (SOMDOR-EF0427).
Ralph Jackson (Curator of the Roman-British Collections at the British Museum) believes this ring is probably Roman in date. He states: "although it is difficult to be certain, It is just possible that the design is a rather rudimentarily-incised version of the early Christian chi-rho motif - the first two letters of Christ's name in Greek (X and P) superimposed... with a symetrical arrangement of four 'flecks' in the field." | 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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