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Description: | A fragment of a Roman copper-alloy finger-ring.The piece represents the bezel and part of the shoulders of the ring. The bezel takes the form of a raised oval plinth, the upper surface of which bears a crudely incised pattern of curves. The sides of the shoulders angle inwards to the points where they are broken off. An incised transverse groove separates the flat area at the base of the bezel from the shoulders; further such grooves also mark the outer edges of the shoulders. The surfaces of the ring have been tinned or silvered. The ring measures up to 16.1mm wide; the bezel is 9.1mm wide and 3.7mm high. The weight is 1.9g.'Keeled' rings of this form are typical of the 3rd century AD (see Johns 1996: 48-49). The crudely inscribed pattern on the bezel is typical of rings of this period and is possibly a devolved depiction of a human figure standing right, his right arm raised. The degeneration in this common motif on Roman gemstones (which is also mirrored by contemporary incised bezels) is illustrated by Henig (1978: Plates XVII and XVIII), the closest parallel for this example being no. 574, a 3rd century intaglio found at Southwark, London.
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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