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Description: | Medieval silver finger ring. The D-sectioned band expands smoothly from the back to form shoulders with triangular facets to either side and a bezel with a median arris parallel with the edge of the band forming two facets. The worn band and shoulders are engraved with six lozenges each filled with a quatrefoil. The bezel facets are decorated alike with two groups of lines splayed in opposite directions, each end defined with a curved line with multiple short lines radiating into the triangular facets of the shoulders.The ring is of a similar form to examples in Oman (1974, pl.21f, pl.66 and pl.68f). the decoration on the band and shoulders being very similar to that shown in pl.68c.Height 23mm. Internal diameter 19mm.Width of bezel 9.5mm. Weighing 6.41g. 15th century.
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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