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Description: | Cast copper alloy ring with a ?stirrup-shaped? hoop and a claw setting for its missing cabochon of glass or lapis lazuli. Each lozenge-shaped shoulder is decorated with two transverse lines and three lines radiating outwards from the setting. The setting is 7.4 mm long, 5 mm wide and 3 mm thick. The hoop is semi-circular in section and is 1.6 mm thick to 2.6 mm thick at the shoulder, and 22 mm in diameter.
Murdoch (1991) illustrates a similar example on page 131, No.308, which she dates to the 13th century.
Egan (1991) illustrates an example with a claw setting on page 328, Fig.216, No.1619, which he dates to the 13th century.
Cherry in Saunders (1991) illustrates a similar ring with four claws and incised Vs on the shoulders on page 44, Fig.10, No.6, which he dates to the 13th century. | 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: | 1200
1300 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Anna Tyacke | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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