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Description: | Silver gilt medieval finger ring, rather square in shape (?squashed) with the hoop measuring 23x21.5mm (internal 19.5x18.5).The bezel is flat in section, 1.5mm thick and decorated with a + groove over a x groove. The edges of the bezel are flanked with a groove along each side. At either end, extending into the shoulder, is an area c.5x2mm filled with vertical grooves.Beyond this the shoulder thins to 0.75mm and an area c.4x4mm is filled with three vertical grooves, the outermost two of which finish in a short horizontal line, pointing outwards to the edges, at the bezel-end. It is possible these represent ears, as the next section (which is more rounded on the decorated side) is zoomorphic, with large U-shaped (turned on its side, curve inwards) eyes below the ears and nostrils at the other.Beyond this is a vertical area 4x3mm and D-shaped in section, divided down the centre with a vertical groove (this is the mid-point of the finger-ring). To the right of this vertical groove on both sections, with the bezel facing uppermost, horizontal lines reach from groove to outside edge.Below this an area roughly 4x4mm has a X at its centre, the arms being wedge-shaped. The area around has been gouged away.From here the hoop extends, almost D-shaped in section but, unlike the bezel, shoulders and extended shoulder area, it is not entirely flat on the inside edge. The hoop does not show traces of gilding and is c.a third the diameter of the finger-ring. The inside edge also indicates where the two ends join.
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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