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Description: | Cast copper alloy 'stirrup shaped' finger ring. The ring is subcircular in plan and section with the hoop rising into a pointed bezel, that is flattened across its top. It has an external diameter of 23.78mm and an internal diameter of 18.84mm. The hoop is 1.72mm thick at its narrowest point. The bezel is 8.64mm high. The top of the bezel is recessed so as to take an oval shaped fitting. This fitting is now missing, but was probably cut glass or an imitation gemstone. The recess is now partially full with white, powdery remains, which may be the remains of the adhesive. The bezel is 8.04mm long and 5.8mm wide. The ring weighs 7.51g. The original surface of the ring is patchy, but where it survives it has an even mid green patina. Otherwise, where the ring is abraded, the surface is light green. Stirrup-shaped rings became popular in England from the middle of the 12th century for at least three hundred years and were worn by women and men. Examples can be seen in Egan and Pritchard, 1991, figure 215.
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