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Description: | Medieval copper alloy fing-ring with black-letter inscription, reading:(diamond) MOD (leaf) + MOD (diamond) M (break repaired with solder) e ? (diamond) ?h/b e ? (diamond) ?? The finger-ring measures 22mm in diameter (internal 19mm) and weighs 2.5g. The surface of the metal is quite pitted.The writing suggests a late 14th/ 15th century date. It is unclear whether the inscription makes any sense or not, but garbled and mis-spelt inscriptions on all kinds of objects were not unusual in medieval times and can be put down to a certain amount of illiteracy.
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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