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Description: | Fragment of medieval copper alloy finger ring, comprising bezel and perhaps a third of the hoop to one side only.The bezel is square, measuring 8.6x8.2mm, with a circular depression at the centre 3.4mm in diameter and 1.6mm deep, presumably to hold a gemstone.The hoop is thin and D-shaped in section, measuring 2.3x1.3mm at the shoulder. Roughly half way along the surviving part of hoop is a circular collet 3.5mm in diameter (internal 1.9mm), 0.8mm deep. Beyond this the hoop narrows to 1.3x1.1mm.Fragment is 19.6mm long. Original diameter would have been c.23mm. Weighs 1.07g.13th/ 14th century.
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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