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Description: | An incomplete jet or shale possible finger ring. Roughly half of this possible finger ring now survives due to old breaks. This surviving half itself is in two parts, due to a recent glassy looking break. From the surviving part of the ring it is clear that the external diameter is c31mm and the internal diameter is c20.6mm. The cross-section is roughly triangular with a flat circumferencial ridge around the outer face where the third point of a triangle would be.
This object is possibly a Roman finger ring, especially as it was found in the plough soil in an area which has produced Roman finds. It could have been a grave deposit and it it is likely that there are graves in the area as a lion-headed stud, which can be associated with the presence of casket burial(s) has been found. Although it is therefore perhaps most likely to be a Roman finger ring there is a slim possibility that it could be Bronze Age in date, as jet and shale beads of this size were produced at this time. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | -1500
410 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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