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Description: | REPORT FOR HM CORONERTreasure case no 2008 T780: Four Roman silver finger ring from Vindolanda, NorthumberlandCircumstances of discovery: The four silver rings reported here were found in the course of the second year of a major five year research excavation by the Vindolanda Trust within the stone fort and in the extramural area to the west. The fort excavations concentrated upon the western rampart and the twin stores/granaries buildings, and the extramural excavations were concentrated on civilian buildings immediately outside the northern section of the fort's western wall and the far western limits of the settlement area. A full report of the work will be published at the conclusion of the project, when all the specialists have completed their examination of the material recovered.The four rings were reported together but are all from separate discrete contexts and are therefore not a hoard. Hence they have been sub-divided with prefix a-d as follows:Treasure case 2008 T780a: Vindolanda, Northumberland.A Roman fragmentary silver finger-ring, with a faceted hoop - broken at the back - which expands to form the lightly convex sub-rectangular bezel incised with a two-line Latin inscription: MATRI/ PATRI - 'mother, father'The form of the ring is broadly paralleled by another silver example from the nearby fort at Carrawburgh (RIB II, 2422.28), also with an incised Latin inscription on two lines: MAT/ RES, a reference to the Deae Matres, the Mother Goddesses, who were often worshipped as a triad of deities. Compare also another faceted (hexagonal) silver finger-ring from Vindolanda inscribed MER - (Deo) Mer(curio) (B. Birley and E. Greene The Roman Jewellery from Vindolanda (Vindolanda, 2006), Fig. 3.3, SF 433). Elsewhere, incised inscriptions on the same silver ring type attest dedications to Mars, Mercury, Minerva, Jupiter, Apollo and Juno (F. Henkel Römische Fingerringe (Berlin, 1913), nos. 354-68). Date: probably 3rd century AD.Weight:
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