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Description: | Gold finger-ring, triangular in section. On the inner face is a single engraved 'R'. On the outer two faces are the names of the Three Wise Men; one face has IASPAR: MELChIOR and the other has :BALTAZAR. Before Iaspar is an engraved saltire with a dot in each angle. The ring is large, 20 mm diameter internally and 23 mm diameter externally. The hoop is 3 mm wide and 1.5 mm thick. It is well made and the letters are clearly engraved; the As have a curl at the left-hand end, the M is Lombardic, the Z is crossed and there are serifs. From the form of the lettering it can be dated to the late medieval period. Rings such as these with religious lettering may have been protective or amuletic.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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