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Description: | Cast cu-alloy spiral, possibly a very crude finger ring dating from the Roman period, i.e. c. AD43-410. Although the ring is well-preserved and displays a smooth, even chocolate-brown patina, it was crudely made, if indeed it was a finger ring. It resembles Roman snake finger-rings and similar spiral finger rings have been recorded on the database. In Guiraud's ring typology they make us type 7, but most snkae finger rings are thinner, more fragile and of a finer make. They display a snake's head and a pointed tail and some are decorated with scales and eyes. However, there are a number of cruder versions which are either complete undecorated or decorated only with the snake's eyes. | 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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