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Description: | Romam copper alloy finger ring fragment, 15mm long and 8mm wide. The object is in fair condition with a dark green/brown patina. it represents the bezel of a finger ring which has snapped just below its shoulders. The ring is 8mm wide and 1mm thick and at each end the shoulders terminate in an upward pointing ridge running across the ring. Inside this ridge the ring has a semi-circular depression 3mm wide which terminates at a central raised rectangle. Above this is a circular shaft which would have held a stone. The shaft is 4mm deep and 4.5mm in diameter, it has chamfered edges which give it a hexagonal shape and allows a view of the rectangular plates corners.
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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