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Description: | A cast copper-alloy ring, probably Iron Age or Roman in date for which no parallel could be found. The ring is roughly D-shaped and oval in section and measures 36.34mm by 39.61mm externally and 20.15mm by 17.91mm internally. There is iron corrosion adhering to the inner face. The object has a mid green patina with small patches of light powdery green corrosion. The straighter edge of the D-shaped ring has short vertical grooves on both faces, around the centre of the outer face is a decorative band with two parallel zig-zag lines within a rectangular recess. This ring could perhaps have functioned as a rein ring or terret, or some other strap fitting, it was obviously part of a larger composite object of some kind.
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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