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Description: | A cast copper alloy ring.
The ring has been cast as one piece and has an asymmetrical section. One side of the ring is swollen with a circular section. It then tapers in both directions down to two pointed terminals. The terminals meet but are not joined.
The metal is a mid greyish-green colour and is pitted, little wear can be seen.
This object is very difficult to date. It could be dated anywhere from the Bronze Age to the post-medieval period and has few datable features. However, the recorder (Liz Andrews-Wilson) saw a very similar object on display in the Nuremberg Museum (Germany). The object formed part of the Bronze Age to Iron Age collection and they had been interpreted as a hair ring, used by women to decorate their hair.
An identical ring was found in Lewes (East Sussex). PAS database number: SUSS-AC6543. | 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: | -2150
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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