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Description: | A medieval possible finger ring made of copper alloy. The ring is sub triangular in plan and D shaped in section. It has no decoration. The ring has some similarities of shape with stirrup shaped rings (as in Oman 1974 or Egan and Pritchard 1991), but is not a true example since the hoop itself is triangular or stirrup shaped, rather than the hoop being circular but thickened to form a raised bezel as is the case with real stirrup shaped rings. The ring has a glossy brownish green patina surviving on the inner face and is likely to date from the thirteenth, fourteenth or fifteenth century. There are file marks on the inside of the hoop at the pointed part of the ring. Whether this is a finger ring or a more functional object such as a suspension loop remains unclear. The ring is 22.8mm long, 21.6mm wide and 4.8mm thick.
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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