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Description: | Incomplete Roman copper alloy finger-ring of Henig Type XI, set with a blue glass (with very dark blue/ black edges) intaglio, which stands 0.4mm proud of the bezel. In shape the finger-ring is oval and flat-topped.
The bezel is 10.1mm wide and 2.7mm thick, and rather flat, with quite a sharp (but rounded) corner turn at the shoulders (which are c.9mm wide). In section, it is an elongated D-shape, being flat to the reverse.
From the shoulders the hoop narrows to the breaks, at 6.1mm wide, 1.1mm thick on one side and (after a bend inwards) 2.7x0.6mm on the other.
The finger-ring measures 18.6mm long by 15.2mm high, although this is its incomplete height and would have originally been a little more. The internal length (finger width) is 15.8mm.
The intaglio itself is oval and measures 9.1x7.4mm. Around its edges it is a much darker blue than in the centre, although this could be to do with wear. Unfortunately this wear obscures any detail of what might be depicted, although a depression at the centre suggests a figure of some sort.
The finger-ring weighs 3.0g. 2nd-3rd century. | Subjects: | Henig Type XI | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Hinds, Katie - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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