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Description: | Cast copper alloy ring, possibly a medieval or post medieval drape ring. Mass: 1.8g; internal diameter: 16.4mm; external diameter: 21.3mm; thickness: 2.7mm. The ring is sub-circular in plan. In section, the ring is sub-oval, almost D shaped (with a flatter internal edge), although in parts the external edge is > shaped. There are finishing marks on the ring. The ring is broadly similar to object 522 and 524 in "Norwich Households: Medieval and Post Medieval Finds from Norwich Survey Excavations 1971-9" (Margeson, 1993, p82 and fig 47). These are from contexts dated to 1450-1620 and may be drape rings (ibid.). In, "The Medieval Household", Egan (1998, p.62) states that these plain rings, which are possibly drape rings, are characterised by an irregular, often slightly flatterned or sub-hexagonal section and coarse filing marks from the finishing.
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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