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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy finger ring of probable Medieval date. It is missing half of the hoop and parts of the bezel and setting due to old breaks. The hoop is D-shaped in section and expands vertically towards the undecorated shoulders. What remains of the bezel is oval shaped and recessed from the surface of the hoop/shoulders, the entire fragment twisted slightly at the bezel giving a distorted appearance. What setting may have once existed is now missing due to old breaks, but traces of possible gilding on the interior surface of the hoop suggest the ring may have been entirely gilded. The fragment measures 23.16mm in width, 7.47mm in height at bezel, 4.78mm in thickness at shoulders, and weighs 3.76g. The fragmentary nature and lack of decoration on this ring makes close identification problematic. Simple, plain rings such as this were utilised during both the Roman and Medieval periods, the gilding on the current example suggesting a probable later rather than earlier date.
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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